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Noun: slaying  sleying
  1. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
    - murder, execution
Verb: slay (slew,slain)  sley
  1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
    - murder, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

Derived forms: slayings

See also: slayer

Type of: homicide, kill

Encyclopedia: Slay