slaying

Meaning of slaying

verb
  1. To kill, murder.
    Our foes must all be slain.
  2. To eradicate or stamp out.
    You must slay these thoughts.
  3. (by extension) To defeat, overcome (in a competition or contest).
    1956, “Giants Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in Lodi News-Sentinel, 1956 December 31, page 8.
  4. To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
    Ha ha! You slay me!
  5. To amaze, stun or otherwise incapacitate by awesomeness; to be awesome at something; to kill (slang sense).
  6. To have sex with
noun
  1. Killing, especially the murder of a human.
    The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.

Information about slaying

  • The plural form of slaying is: slayings.
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Hyphenation of slaying

slay-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • slaying is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

slaying synonyms

Meaning murder:

murder, execution

Meaning :

conquer, defeat, overcome, assassinate, kill

Anagrams of slaying

Glynias, layings

Words that rhyme with slaying

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