"slaying" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/ Forms: slayings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} slaying (countable and uncountable, plural slayings)
  1. Killing, especially the murder of a human. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: honor slaying Translations (killing, especially the murder of a human): घात (ghāta) [masculine] (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-slaying-en-noun-4UC3lDc5

Verb

IPA: /ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} slaying
  1. present participle and gerund of slay Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: slay Categories (topical): Death, Murder
    Sense id: en-slaying-en-verb-i2QAc03q Disambiguation of Death: 24 76 Disambiguation of Murder: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74

Inflected forms

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