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slaying
 
Noun slaying has 1 sense
  1. murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
    --1 is a kind of homicide
    --1 has particulars:
     bloodshed, blood, gore; contract killing; parricide; elimination, liquidation; slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery; lynching; assassination; dry-gulching; fratricide; hit; infanticide; shoot-down; tyrannicide; thuggee
    Derived form: verb slay1
Verb slay has 1 sense
  1. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived forms: noun slayer1, noun slaying1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot slay Sue
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