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Meanings of slay in English

Portuguese
matar
Catalan
eliminar
Spanish
quitar de enmedio

To unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being.

      matar
      Usage of slay in English
      1
      The people of the city came out in order to slay me.
      History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the ...
      2
      For it is the duty of the priest to slay the victim.
      Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
      3
      This is to slay evil; the other is to make it multiply.
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      4
      And where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves.
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      5
      David did not quite slay Goliath, but he made him see stars.
      The Guardian
      6
      This one will, in the midst of many kings, slay the Kurus.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      7
      Of all animals the wolf is the shyest and hardest to slay.
      Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches / An Account of the Big Ga...
      8
      Resolutely the old man walks into the closet to slay the doll.
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      9
      Even though passion slay me, I shall drive love from my soul.
      The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
      10
      In my judgment, therefore, it will be well to slay the brute.
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      11
      Weep with me; beseech thy father that he slay not thy sister.
      Stories from the Greek Tragedians
      12
      This Empress meant to slay her pain by working herself to exhaustion.
      Surrender to the will of the night
      13
      I said I feared it would slay any child in any country.
      I capture the castle
      14
      Either Shalya will slay me in battle or I will slay him.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      15
      The warrior will slay of his enemies all his spear can reach.
      In Search of the Okapi / A Story of Adventure in Central Africa
      16
      And Dhananjaya continued to slay well-decked horsemen and foot-soldiers of the foe.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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      Portuguese
      matarassassinar
      Slay through the time
      Slay across language varieties
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