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slaying::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | execution, murder |
| Type of | homicide |
| Has types | bloodshed, butchery, carnage, contract killing, dry-gulching, elimination, filicide, fratricide, gore, hit, infanticide, liquidation, lynching, mariticide, mass murder, massacre, parricide, regicide, shoot-down, slaughter, thuggee, tyrannicide, assassination, uxoricide |
| Derivation | slay |
Examples of slaying
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Christopher Scott Wilson, 29, is being held for the slaying of Mackenzie Cowell.
From the thenewstribune.com
Richard Clay is scheduled to die on Jan. 12 for the slaying of Randy Martindale.
From the stltoday.com
A international tribunal was formed for the slaying of the late Rafik Al-Hariri.
From the infowars.com
He faces sentencing May 26 in the 2007 slaying of sheriff's Detective Vu Nguyen.
From the sacbee.com
Cinnamon served eight years for her role in the slaying before she was released.
From the ocregister.com
The governor, also a Sunni, confirmed the slaying and promised an investigation.
From the usatoday.com
Her slaying provoked calls from Western governments to punish those responsible.
From the newsobserver.com
After serving 10 years in prison for the slaying, Clouston was released in 1982.
From the us.cnn.com
He confirmed, however, that robbery appears to be the motive behind the slaying.
From the newsobserver.com
- Murder: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- (slay) murder: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- "Slayed" is a single by the Big Beat artist Overseer from his album Wreckage.
- (Slayed?) Slayed? is the third studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on 1 November 1972, and reached No. 1 on the UK charts.
- (slay) To kill, murder; To eradicate or stamp out; To defeat, overcome; To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter
- (S-lay) offshore installation method with an horizontal firing line and usually several working stations that give a S-shape to the pipeline during the laying operation.
- (Slay) (one): a request to be told stunning news
- Murder: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- (slaying) murder: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
