Meaning & use
slain
Killed, especially violently or in battle; the past participle of the verb slay.
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The monument honors soldiers slain during the long and costly siege.
In the old legend, villagers still speak of the dragon that the hero had slain.
A note on using this word
Slain is used mainly as a past participle in formal, literary, or journalistic writing about violent death, rarely in casual conversation.
Words with a similar meaning
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