Definitions
kill intentionally and with premeditation
Word origin
From Middle English sleen, slen, from Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).
Used in a sentence
“The knight slew the dragon.”
“Our foes must all be slain.”
“Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.”
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