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Slay   /sleɪ/   Listen
verb
Slay  v. t.  (past slew; past part. slain; pres. part. slaying)  To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. "With this sword then will I slay you both." "I will slay the last of them with the sword." "I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk."
Synonyms: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.






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"Slay" Quotes from Famous Books



... can tell how to imbitter backsliding to them he loveth. He can break their bones and save them; he can lay them in the lowest pit, in darkness and the deep, and save them; he can slay them as to this life, and save them. And herein appears wonderful grace, that Israel is ...
— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

... power so to do, Princess Goldenlocks, I will slay your enemy." With these words Charming turned on his ...
— Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various

... the air, The hell-hounds of the deep, Lurking and prowling everywhere, Go forth to seek their helpless prey, Not knowing whom they maim or slay— Mad harvesters, who ...
— The Red Flower - Poems Written in War Time • Henry Van Dyke

... poor girl was dying she committed the boy as well as she could to my care, begging me to see that he was baptized; but the father has prevented me from carrying out her wishes, asserting that he would sooner slay the lad. ...
— Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune • A. D. Crake

... being carried out to sea by the ebb tide," I said, "My fishing is not a reckless destruction of life; somebody must take fish, and bring them to us for food, and those I catch come to my table." "Now," said he, "that is as if you said to your butcher, You have to slay a certain number of cattle, calves, and sheep, and turkeys, and fowls for my table; let me have the pleasure of coming and ...
— Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. - Edited by his Daughter • Orville Dewey


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