Slay

Definition: Slay

Slay

Verb

1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Slay \Slay\, transitive verb. [Imperative Slew; present participle Slain; present participle verb or noun Slaying.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Slay

Killing

Verb: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, put an end to; despatch, dispatch; burke, settle, do for.

Crosswords: Slay

I didn't say that I'd never slay another vampire. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

If there's something bad out there, we'll find, you'll slay, we'll party. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Slay someone! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

How do you expect to slay the Huns with dust on your jump wings? (Band of Brothers; writing credit: Stephen Ambrose; Erik Jendresen)

I seen Buffy and she don't slay me (Storybook Life; performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls)

Gotta slay two or more, ma that's our motto (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS)

Columbia Color Rhapsody No. 4505: Slay It with Flowers (1943)

Papa's Slay Ride (1931)

Slay T (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Man to Slay Dragons [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• A Slay at the Races (reference)

• Dragon Slay (Killmaster, No 261) (reference)

• Dragons Yet to Slay (reference)

• Slay and Rescue (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Lost in the Beauty You Slay / Fifth Season (reference)

• Slay the Suitors (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Gangland bullets slay "Bugsie" Siegel. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

And Cain was so fully convinced, that every one had a right to destroy such a criminal, that after the murder of his brother, he cries out, Every one that findeth me, shall slay me; so plain was it writ in the hearts of all mankind. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In the future no man shall slay his fellow, the earth shall be radiant, the human race shall love.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

vras (assassinate, bag, bruise, bump off, damage, despatch, dispatch, do away with, drop, finish, finish off, get, hurt, injure, kill, Lynch, make away with oneself, murder, poniard, put the sword, puzzle, shoot, stab, stone to death, waste, zap), vdes gazit. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قتل (assassinate, assassination, bag, butcher, croak, death, despatch, dispatch, do in, end, finish, fire, homicide, immolate, kill, killing, knock off, lay out, manslaughter, murder, poleaxe, procure, put down, put to death, shoot, take for a ride), ‏ذبح (evert, kill, killing, massacre, murder, slain, slaughter, stick). (various references)

Bulgarian 

убивам (account for, assassinate, dispose of, do in, end, finish, fix, kill, lay out, liquidate, murder, pip, polish off, pop off, pot, push off, put away, put to death, quench, remove, rub out, shoot up, snuff out, starve, strike down, wipe out, zap), шашвам, правя силно впечатление на. (various references)

Chinese 

杀害 (KILL, Killed, killing, slain). (various references)

Czech

zavraždit (assassinate, hit, kill, murder). (various references)

Danish

dræbe (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Dutch

ombrengen (kill, liquidate), doodmaken (kill, liquidate), doden (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Esperanto

mortigi (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Faeroese

drepa (butcher, dip, immerse, kill, liquidate, slaughter, soak). (various references)

Farsi 

کشتارکردن (Slaughter), ذبح کردن , بقتل رساندن (Brain, Murder), باخشونت کشتن . (various references)

Finnish

surmata (kill, massacre, put to death), tappaa (kill, put to death), lyödä kuoliaaksi (strike dead). (various references)

French

tuer, abattre (slaughter). (various references)

Frisian

deameitsje (kill, liquidate), deadzje (kill, liquidate). (various references)

German

töten (deaden, kill, kill off, killing, liquidate, slain, to kill, zap), erschlagen (butcher, kill, slain, slaughter, strike dead, strike down, to strike dead), ermorden (assassinate, kill, liquidate, murder, slain, to assassinate, to murder). (various references)

Greek 

σκοτώνω (kill, murder), σφάζω (butcher, kill, massacre, slaughter), φονεύω (despatch, destroy, dispatch, kill, murder, slaughter, slew). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקטול (kill), ל�"מית (kill, mortify), ל�"רו�' (cut down, kill, murder), לרצוח (kill, murder). (various references)

Hungarian

elpusztít (consume, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, Harry, havoc, perish, to blast, to canker, to consume, to desolate, to destroy, to devastate, to do away with, to harry, to kill off, to lay waste, to prang, to ravage, to scathe, to scorch, to waste), agyonüt (brain, swat, to brain, to kill, to knock on the head, to swat). (various references)

Indonesian

menewaskan (assassinate, kill, murder), membunuh (assassinate, butcher, delete, erase, kill, murder, plug, put out), bunuh (assassinate, murder). (various references)

Irish

maraigh (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Italian

uccidere (bump off, commit suicide, despatch, dispatch, get killed, kill, kill oneself, liquidate, murder), ammazzare (kill, liquidate, pot). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

討ち果たす (to kill, to slay), 討ち果す (to slay), 討ち止める (to bring down, to kill, to shoot to death, to slay), �"ち留める (to bring down, to kill, to shoot to death, to slay), �"ち止める (to bring down, to kill, to shoot to death, to slay), �'�ち止める (to bring down, to kill, to shoot to death, to slay), 切捨てる (to cast away, to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate), 切り立てる (to cut, to slash, to slay all), 切り殺す (to slay), 切り捨てる (to cast away, to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate), 切り伏せる (to cut down, to slay). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きりたてる (to cut, to slash, to slay all), きりすてる (to cast away, to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate), きりふせる (to cut down, to slay), きり�"ろす (to slay), うちはたす (to kill, to slay), うちとめる (to bring down, to kill, to shoot to death, to slay). (various references)

Korean 

학살하십시�". (various references)

Malay

membunuh (kill, liquidate), bunuh (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Manx

sling fidderagh, marroo (aground; deceased estate, assassinate, bag game; dead, bag; dead, butcher, deceased, defunct, departed, dispatch, dud, dull, dull of pain, exterminate, extinct; extermination, flat, flat mood, flat spot, glassy, glassy as look, inanimate, kill, kill off, killed, killing, lifeless, liquidate, liquidation, mortified, muggy, murder, slaughter, slaughtered, slaughtering, slaying, sleeping, stagnant), cur gy baase (execute, exterminate, extermination, slaughter). (various references)

Papiamen

mata (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Pig Latin

ayslay

Portuguese

matar (bump off, butcher, close out, despatch, destroy, dispatch boat, do in, kill, liquidate, murder, quench, rub out, shoot, slaughter). (various references)

Romanian

ucide (assassinate, butcher, croak, destroy, execute, kill, murder, poison, slaughter, smother, spoil, strangle, suffocate), tãia (amputate, ax, axe, butcher, cancel, carve, carve out, castrate, chop, clap, cleave, clip, crop, cross, Curdle, cut, cut on the bias, Dent, dissect, engrave, excise, exscind, fell, flench, foul, grave, hew, incise, intercept, kill, measure off, notch, notch off, pare, plough, prune, quarter, resect, rip, Rive, separate, sever, shear, shorten, shut the works down, slaughter, slice, snick, split, Square, stop, strike out, switch off), omorî (annihilate, assassinate, bring down, bump, butcher, croak, destroy, dispatch, do for, do in, execute, exhaust, finish, kill, knock off, make an end of, make away with, murder, put smb. on the spot, put to death, send to glory, shift, slaughter, spoil, torment, torture), cãsãpi (butcher, slaughter), asasina (assassinate, bump off, kill, murder). (various references)

Russian 

убивать (assassinate, assassinating, do in, do to death, kill, liquidate, murder, put death, slain, smite). (various references)

Scottish

mort (murder, murdering, slaying;), marbh (dead, late, lifeless, tasteless : na mairbh, torpid, vapid), casgair (mangle, massacre). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ubiti (assassinate, bag, bump off, cut down, do away, do away with, kill, make away, murder, put away, wipe out, zap), nadvladati (bear down, overpower). (various references)

Spanish

matar (butcher, carry off, cut down, destroy, dispose of, do in, homicide, kill, knock off, lay, liquidate, murder, postmark, pot, shoot, slaughter, swat). (various references)

Sranan

kiri (kill, liquidate, murder). (various references)

Swedish

dräpa (kill, liquidate), döda (cut down, dispatch, kill, pip, put to death, zap). (various references)

Turkish

öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, croak, cut down, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, erase, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put down, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out, zap). (various references)

Ukrainian

убивати (deaden, finish off, homicide, kill, murder, pick off, put to death, thug), вразити (startle, take aback). (various references)

Welsh

lladd (cut, kill, liquidate, slaughter). (various references)

Yucatec

kinsik (kill, liquidate). (various references)

Zulu

-bulala (kill, liquidate). (various references)

feri, feriam, ferias, feriatis, feriatur, feriet, ferietis, ferietque, ferio, ferire, feriret, feriretis, feris, feriunt, interficio interfeci interfectum, iugulabant, iugulantur, iugulare, iugulati, iugulatum, iugulaverunt, iugulavit, iugulemur, leto, mortificare, necare, neco, occidam, occidamus, occidas, occidat, occidatis, occidatur, occide, occidebant, occidebat, occidebatis, occidendi, occidendum, occidendus, occident, occidente, occidentem, occidentis, occidentium, occidentur, occiderant, occiderat, occidere, occiderem, occiderent, occiderentur, occideres, occideret, occideretis, occideretur, occiderimus, occideris, occiderit, occideritis, occidero, occiderunt, occides, occidet, occidetis, occidetur, occidi, occidimus, occidis, occidisse, occidissem, occidissent, occidisses, occidisset, occidisti, occidistis, occidit, occidite, occiditis, occiditque, occidunt, occisa, occisi, occisis, occisorum, occisos, occisum, occisus, trucido. (various references)

ofslean. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "slay": slayed, slayer, slayers, slaying, slayings, slays. (additional references)

Words ending with "slay": mislay. (additional references)

Words containing "slay": manslayer, manslayers, mislayer, mislayers, mislaying, mislays. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Slay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aslaby, elay, klay, lsa, lslay, Salai, sali, Sallay, Salya, Sayf, sayy, Selaby, Selway, siloxy, sla, slac, slae, slaf, slaid, slak, slapy, slaq, slax, slaye, slaz, sledy, slei, slej, slewy, slidy, slipy, sliy, slizy, sloy, slyh, slyn, soay, solai, sqay. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lays.

-1 letter: als, ays, las, lay, sal, say, sly.

-2 letters: al, as, ay, la, ya.

+1 letter: acyls, amyls, aryls, asyla, clays, flays, hylas, lyase, lyssa, palsy, plays, sadly, sally, salty, scaly, shaly, slaty, slays, splay, sylva, yawls.

+2 letters: aliyas, aliyos, alkyds, alkyls, allays, alleys, alloys, allyls, always, asylum, ballsy, basely, bassly, belays, bialys, blasty, boylas, bylaws, classy, delays, easily, flashy, gayals, glassy, inlays, kayles, lastly, layers, layups, lyases, lysate, lyssas, lyttas, measly, mislay, nyalas, plashy, platys, playas, psylla, rashly, relays, riyals, royals, safely, sagely, salary, salify, sanely, sawfly, shaley, shoaly, slaggy, slangy, slanty, slatey, slavey, slayed, slayer, sleazy, snarly, splays, stably, stalky, stylar, suably, sylvae, sylvan, sylvas, unlays, usably, vastly, xylans, yulans.

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