slain
Use Slain in a sentence
verb
past participle of slay.
Related forms
un·slain, adjective
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verb (used with object)
1.
to kill by violence.
2.
to destroy; extinguish.
3.
sley.
4.
Informal. to impress strongly; overwhelm, especially by humor: Your jokes slay me.
5.
Obsolete. to strike.
verb (used without object)
6.
to kill or murder.
noun
7.
sley.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat
before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat
Related forms
slay·a·ble, adjective
slay·er, noun
un·slay·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate. 2. annihilate, ruin.
1. murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate. 2. annihilate, ruin.
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slay (sleɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , slays, slaying, slew, slain | |
| 1. | archaic, literary or to kill, esp violently |
| 2. | slang to impress (someone) sexually |
| 3. | obsolete to strike |
| [Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat] | |
| 'slayer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
slay
O.E. slean "to smite," also "to kill with a weapon" (class VI strong verb; past tense sloh, slog, pp. slagen), from P.Gmc. *slakhanan, from base *slog- "to hit" (cf. O.N., O.Fris. sla, Dan. slaa, M.Du. slaen, Du. slaan, O.H.G. slahan, Ger. schlagen, Goth. slahan "to strike"), from PIE base from base
*slak- "to strike" (cf. M.Ir. pp. slactha "struck," slacc "sword"). Modern Ger. cognate schlagen maintains the original sense of "to strike." Meaning "overwhelm with delight" (1340) preserves some of the wider rangeof meanings that the word once had, including also "to strike a spark" (O.E.).
slain
early 13c., from O.E. (ge)slegen, pp. of slean (see slay). The noun meaning "Those who have been slain" is attested from mid-14c.
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Slang Dictionary
slay definition
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Example sentences
Elephants by the tens of thousands are slain every few years.
Gunslinger says they have not seen slain corpses for a couple of years, then this should be done.
Instead of being slain for malevolence, give them the chance to change.
It's unimportant, the paradigm has been slain by its own advocates.
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