as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery
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as in killing
to deprive of life
millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease
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as in murdering
to put to death deliberately
vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family
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Recent Examples of slaying
Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2025
The brothers are both serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the family’s mansion in Beverly Hills.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
During the trial, Varner alleged Brown stabbed a man to death in an unrelated 2022 East Chicago drug house slaying.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
There seemed to be no motive for the brutal slaying.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The second suspect wanted in the slayings of a Fort Worth rapper and his 5-year-old daughter at a Forest Hill car wash has been arrested.
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a closet Monday at a Florida Keys resort.—
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At the start of Season 5, viewers saw June reckoning with her murder of Commander Fred, which unfolded as a hunt in the woods with other women who’d been in Gilead.—
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Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women as well as attempting to murder seven others.—
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The timing was awkward — as Bashar and his gang were murdering unarmed protesters en masse.—
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The sisters of a Northern California mother of four are seeking answers after her disappearance was recently ruled a homicide.—
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The homicide investigation is the 24th of the year investigated by Oakland police.—
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The most pressing problem concerns European Union rules on carbon dioxide emissions, with bottom-line-destroying fines for the bigger failures.—
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At this point, most of the surveys are showing roughly seventy per cent of Israelis would prefer a hostage deal to whatever the alternative is, like destroying Hamas by any means.—
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The attack sparked outrage on social media, with politicians from the north condemning the killings.—
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The Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing, police said.—
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Police made one arrest after executing a search warrant at a Connecticut smoke shop suspected of selling marijuana without a license.—
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He has been involved in executing the recommendations of the Interpath findings.—
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“Slaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaying. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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