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slay

  [sley] verb, slew, slain, slay⋅ing, noun
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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, esp. by humor: Your jokes slay me.
5. Obsolete. to strike.
–verb (used without object)
6. to kill or murder.
–noun
7. sley.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME sleen, slayn, OE slēan; c. D slaan, G schlagen, ON slā, Goth slahan to strike, beat

Related forms:
slay⋅a⋅ble, adjective
slayer, noun

Synonyms:
1. murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate. 2. annihilate, ruin.
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slay   (slā)   
tr.v.   slew (slōō), slain (slān), slay·ing, slays

  1. To kill violently.

  2. past tense and past participle often slayed Slang To overwhelm, as with laughter or love: Those old jokes still slay me.


[Middle English slen, slayen, from Old English slēan.]
slay'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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