slay

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slay /sleɪ/ verb (past tense slew /sluː/, past participle slain /sleɪn/) [transitive]  1. KILL literary to kill someone – used especially in newspapers 杀害，残杀，谋杀〔尤用于报纸上〕► see thesaurus at kill2. American English spoken informalFUNNY to amuse someone a lot 逗得…大笑 —slayer noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

slay• Roll two dice scoring 4 and 6 a further 2 men slain.• Now, detectives are investigating the possibility that a fourth woman may have been slain by the retired Army sergeant.• Coretta King is the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.• Hercules slew Diomedes first and then drove off the mares unopposed.• Tens of thousands were slain, drowned by waves, buried by earthquakes, struck by magical lightning.• A Pump Wagon is dependent on its crew for mobility, so once its crew are all slain it can not move.• That guy really slays me!• You'd slay them you would!Origin slay Old English slean “to hit, kill”

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slay
slay /sleɪ/ verb (past tense slew /sluː/, past participle slain /sleɪn/) [transitive]1. literary to kill someone – used especially in newspapers
2. American English spoken informal to amuse someone a lot
—slayer noun [countable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ kill to make someone die: The driver and his passenger were killed in the crash. | He was killed by rival gang members.
   ▪ murder to deliberately kill someone – used when talking about this as a crime: He was convicted of murdering his wife.
   ▪ commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to – used when talking about this as a crime: The court ruled that the guard had committed manslaughter.
   ▪ assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician: He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler.
   ▪ slay to kill someone or something in a violent way – used in newspaper reports and also in old stories: Two teenagers were slain in the shootings. | St. George slew the dragon. | The king was slain at the battle of Hastings.
   ▪ execute formal (also put somebody to death) to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection.
   ▪ eliminate to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble: a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals
   ▪ take somebody out informal to kill someone in order to get rid of them, especially an enemy or someone who is causing trouble for you: US forces used air strikes to take out the enemy positions. | One of the other drug dealers may have decided to take him out.
   ▪ bump somebody off humorous informal to kill someone: He was so irritating I felt like bumping him off myself.
   ▪ do away with somebody informal to kill someone: The settlers in Jamestown had been done away with, but no one knew how.

slayBrE /sleɪ/ 🔊NAmE /sleɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they slay BrE /sleɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it slays BrE /sleɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪz/ 🔊past simple slew BrE /sluː/ 🔊 NAmE /sluː/ 🔊past participle slain BrE /sleɪn/ 🔊 NAmE /sleɪn/ 🔊 -ing form slaying BrE /ˈsleɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsleɪɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth (old-fashioned or literary) to kill sb/sth in a war or a fight （在战争或搏斗中）杀，杀死◆St George slew the dragon. 圣乔治杀死了那条龙。🔊🔊~ sb (especially NAmE) (used especially in newspapers 尤用于报章) to murder sb 杀害；残害；谋杀◆Two passengers were slain by the hijackers. 两名乘客遭劫机者杀害。🔊🔊~ sb (old-fashioned, informal, especially NAmE) to have a strong effect on sb, especially to make them laugh （尤指借着使人发笑而）深深打动，迷住◆Those old movies still slay me! 那些老影片依旧让我着迷！🔊🔊▸ slay·ing BrE /ˈsleɪɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsleɪɪŋ/ 🔊 noun(especially NAmE) ◆the drug-related slayings of five people那宗和毒品有关的五人被杀的案子