Slaying Synonyms and Antonyms

To cause the death of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. zapping
  2. wasting
  3. killing
  4. finishing
  5. dispatching
  6. destroying
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. murder
  2. execution

Words Related to Slaying

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. helping
  2. sword-wielding
  3. vengeful
  4. bloodthirsty

Slaying Sentence Examples

  • In slaying Henry II.

  • When his father set out with the expedition of the Seven against Thebes, which he knew would be fatal to him, he enjoined upon his sons to avenge his death by slaying Eriphyle and undertaking a second expedition against Thebes.

  • For this slaughter Arthur took summary vengeance, slaying all the kinsfolk of the man who started the fight, and cutting off the noses of his women-folk.

  • They were written before 64 B.C., for Rome was not yet known to the writer, and after 95 B.C., for the slaying of the righteous, of which the writer complains, was not perpetrated by the Maccabean princes before that date.

  • That Python was no fearful monster, symbolizing the darkness of winter which is scattered by the advent of spring, is shown by the fact that Apollo was considered to have been guilty of murder in slaying it, and compelled to wander for a term of years and expiate his crime by servitude and purification.

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