slaying

Verb

slay (third-person singular simple present slays, present participle slaying, simple past slew or slayed, past participle slain or slayed or (obsolete) yslain)

1. (literary, transitive) To kill; to murder.
   • The knight slew the dragon.

   Synonyms:

   annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end

2. (literary, transitive) To eradicate or stamp out.
   • You must slay these thoughts.
3. (broadly, excessive, informal, transitive) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
   • The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.1993 April 21, Jack Curry, “Yanks’ Bullpen Falls Short Again”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms:

   conquer

4. (slang, transitive) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
   • Ha ha! You slay me!

   Synonyms:

   hit it out of the park, kill

5. (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
   • Your outfit slays!

   Synonyms:

   kill, rule, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kick, kick ass

6. (slang) To have sex with.

   Synonyms:

   coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto

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