slay | Definition of slay

Synonyms and Antonyms of slay

1 to deprive of life

millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease

Synonyms of slay

carry off, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, kill, take

Words Related to slay

bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]

annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite

assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate

euthanize (also euthanatize), put down

Phrases Synonymous with slay

do away with, do for [chiefly British], make away with

Near Antonyms of slay

raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

Antonyms of slay

2 to put to death deliberately

vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family

Synonyms of slay

assassinate, bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, liquidate, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]

Words Related to slay

blow away, shoot, shoot down

blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap

butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter

annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out

Phrases Synonymous with slay

Near Antonyms of slay

animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive