slaying
slaying · slayings
вбивство, убивство
убийство
Mord, mörderisch
Killing, especially the murder of a humanKilling, especially the murder of a human.
/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(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: slayingsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsRelatedslay
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.