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
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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

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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.

  • Arms should dignify their person; they should ever practise their use; and great would be the merit of those who fought in the van, who slew the enemies of their faith, and who despaired not although overpowered by superior numbers.

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