Slew Synonyms and Antonyms

slo͝o
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. murdered
  2. butchered
  3. offed
  4. swerve
  5. killed
  6. sheer
  7. curve
  8. slaughtered
  9. trend
  10. veer
  11. struck
  12. zapped
  13. removed
  14. slue
  15. snuffed
  16. wasted
  17. cut
  18. overwhelmed
  19. massacred
  20. dispatched
  21. liquidated
  22. destroyed
  23. executed
  24. eliminated
  25. hit
  26. finished
  27. annihilated
Antonyms:
  1. created
  2. bore
To cause the death of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. zapped
  2. wasted
  3. killed
  4. finished
  5. dispatched
  6. destroyed
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. skid
  2. slip
  3. slue
  4. slide

Words Related to Slew

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.

Slew Sentence Examples

  • He's got a float and a slew of balloons!

  • That was back when there were a slew of hippies here.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The stratagems and disguises by which with the help of a few faithful friends he slew the suitors are described at length in the Odyssey.

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