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SLAYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slaying" is a kind of...):
homicide (the killing of a human being by another human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slaying"):
thuggee (murder and robbery by thugs)
tyrannicide (killing a tyrant)
shoot-down (murder by shooting someone down in cold blood)
infanticide (murdering an infant)
hit (a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate)
dry-gulching (the act of killing from ambush)
regicide (the act of killing a king)
lynching (putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law)
butchery; carnage; mass murder; massacre; slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)
elimination; liquidation (the murder of a competitor)
filicide (the murder of your own son or daughter)
uxoricide (the murder of a wife by her husband)
fratricide (the murder of your sibling)
mariticide (the murder of a husband by his wife)
parricide (the murder of your own father or mother)
contract killing (a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer)
bloodshed; gore (the shedding of blood resulting in murder)
assassination (murder of a public figure by surprise attack)
Derivation:
slay (kill intentionally and with premeditation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb slay
