to slay

Examples

• All

• I shall slay the monster that guards you, and then take my place as rightful king.

  Shrek the Third (2007)

• And then when you slay the dragon, you have to bring back something like the truth.

• Now let him come and slay me

  Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

• I'm about to slay this monster.

  Sympatico (2020)

• John and his men slay all the vandals they can catch.

• He was supposed to slay the witch in her bed!

  In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)

• If he's ready to slay a dragon, he's nothing to fear from me.

  Dragonslayer (1981)

• He slays the dragon Fafnir and then he slays the dwarf who raised him, when confronted with his betrayal.

  Army of Thieves (2021)

• The knight vowed to slay the dragon that had been terrorizing the village.

• In the story, the hero must slay the wicked sorcerer to restore peace.

Synonyms

K

to kill

vsto slay

• NSFW

∞ 1.0

Cause the death of a person, animal, or other living thing

is limited to deliberate and preplanned acts only

M

to murder

vsto slay

• NSFW

∞ 3.0

To kill someone on purpose in an illegal way

is the same deliberate preplanned killing without stressing legality

C

to commit murder

vsto slay

• NSFW

60 5.4

To kill someone illegally

focuses on deliberate preplanned killing without naming it a crime

R

to remove

vsto slay

• Offensive

58 9.9

To kill someone on purpose, usually by a criminal group

describes the act plainly as a deliberate preplanned killing without euphemism

O

to off

vsto slay

• Offensive

27 9.9

To kill someone on purpose

is the neutral description of the same deliberate preplanned act

D

to dispatch

vsto slay

• Offensive

13 7.7

To kill a person or animal quickly on purpose

is similar but stresses preplanning rather than speed or animals

B

to bump off

vsto slay

• Offensive

5 9.3

To kill someone on purpose, usually secretly and as part of a crime

describes the same planned act but without the secretive or informal color

P

to polish off

vsto slay

• Offensive

1 9.5

To kill someone on purpose

is the same deliberate preplanned act but in neutral style

Antonyms

S

to save

∞ 1.0

Rescue someone or something from danger

S

to spare

77 3.5

Decide not to hurt someone even though you could

Compounds

S

slay queen

• South African

9.9

A woman who wears bold clothes and shows great confidence

How Violent

massacre

• Offensive

198 7.0

to slaughter

60 3.9

to slay

• NSFW

62 7.5

to kill

• NSFW

∞ 1.0

to injure

53 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology