slay
verb
[ sleɪ ]
• kill (a person or animal) in a violent way.
• "St George slew the dragon"
Similar:
kill,
murder,
put to death,
do to death,
put to the sword,
butcher,
cut down,
cut to pieces,
slaughter,
massacre,
shoot down,
gun down,
mow down,
assassinate,
execute,
dispatch,
destroy,
eliminate,
annihilate,
exterminate,
dispose of,
wipe out,
take out,
bump off,
do in,
do for,
rub out,
top,
wipe off the face of the earth,
blow away,
liquidate,
stiff,
waste,
smoke,
ice,
off,
killing,
homicide,
putting to death,
execution,
butchery,
assassination,
destruction,
extermination,
liquidation,
mactation,
• greatly impress or amuse (someone).
• "you slay me, you really do"
Similar:
amuse greatly,
convulse with mirth/laughter,
entertain greatly,
make someone laugh,
make someone crack up,
kill,
knock dead,
be the death of,
wow,
be a hit with,
crease up,
Origin:
Old English slēan ‘strike, kill’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slaan and German schlagen .
slay
noun
• variant spelling of sley.
sley
noun
• a tool used in weaving to force the weft into place.
Origin:
Old English slege ; related to slay1.
