slaying
nounHow many syllables in slaying?
There are 2 syllables in the word slaying.How to pronounce slaying:
Definition of slaying:
- slaying (noun):
- slaughter
- the act of killing a person killing, murder
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
Synonyms for slaying:
assassination
blood
bloodshed
butchery
carnage
contract killing
dry-gulching
elimination
execution
filicide
foul play
fratricide
gore
hit
homicide
infanticide
killing
liquidation
lynching
manslaughter
mariticide
mass murder
massacre
murder
parricide
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Antonyms for slaying:
birth
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