slain
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- noun
- /sleɪn/
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caído
- There, the Persian king was slain and his head claimed by the victorious queen.
Examples
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While he goes off to campaign on talk shows, the families of the slain are left in the dark to this date?
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But the slain were evil-doers headed for eternal damnation, were they not?
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Look down and swear by the slain of the war that you'll never forget.
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Those not slain either fled across the frontier or are still hiding in the Bush.
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The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries.
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These, it was proclaimed, where the remains of the beast sent to devour Princess Andromeda, slain by the hero Perseus.
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The drawer contains a stack of yellowed, aging newspaper clippings—among them one which reads "THOMAS WAYNE MURDERED: Prominent Doctor, Wife Slain in Robbery."
Fiction book (1992) -
The memorial honored the lives of the slain who fought bravely for their country.
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A ceremony was held to remember the names of the slain in the tragic conflict.
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The town mourned the loss of the slain, whose courage will never be forgotten.
Synonyms
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1.0
People who are no longer alive
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6.3
A person who has died
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4.3
A person who has died
Soldiers who died in a war
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slain comes from the old verb slay, which meant 'to strike' or 'to kill'. So the noun slain is a name for the people who were killed, often in battle, and helps us remember it means those who have been killed.