slay

Slay is defined as to kill or destroy in a violent way, or is slang meaning to impress or amuse.

(verb)

See slay in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: ME slean < OE < *slahan, akin to Ger schlagen, Du slagen < IE base *slak-, to hit > MIr slacc, sword

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transitive verb slew slew (slo͞o), slain slain (slān), slay·ing, slays

To kill violently.
past tense and past participle often slayed slayed Slang To overwhelm, as with laughter or love: Those old jokes still slay me.

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Origin: Middle English slen, slayen

Origin: , from Old English slēan

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