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Another word for slew

also slue noun

(Informal)

An indeterminately great amount or number:

jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. (Informal) bushel, gob¹ (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck², scad (often used in plural), wad, zillion. See big

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He's got a float and a slew of balloons!
That was back when there were a slew of hippies here.
One may also be permitted to hold that the mythic figure of the dragon, if used poetically, is a highly serviceable one, and consider that " in the beginning God fought with the dragon, and slew him " would have formed an admirable illustration of the passages just now referred to, especially to those in the Apocalypse.
Seized by the invaders, castle and town were later retaken in 1231 by Prince Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, who burned the fortress and slew its garrison.
Then Achilles, to revenge his friend's death, returned to the war, slew Hector, dragged his body behind his chariot to the camp, and afterwards round the tomb of Patroclus.

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