Meaning & use
slay
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to kill a person or animal violently
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In the legend, the knight slays a dragon to save the village.
The hunter claimed to have slain a wild boar in the forest.
A note on using this word
The past tense is 'slew' and the past participle is 'slain.' In casual modern slang, 'slay' is also used to mean 'to do something impressively,' but the traditional meaning is to kill.
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