Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Killing, especially the murder of a human.

    The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.

    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Forms

plural: slayings
Singularslaying
Pluralslayings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being:murderexecution

Word family

6 related words

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