slain
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slain
(slān)v.
Past participle of slay.
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slain
(sleɪn)vb
the past participle of slay
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slay
(sleɪ)v. slew, slain, slay•ing. v.t.
1. to kill by violence.
2. to destroy; extinguish.
3. Slang. to impress strongly; overwhelm, esp. by humor: Your jokes slay me.
4. Obs. to strike.
v.i. 5. to kill or murder.
[before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan, c. Old Frisian, Old Norse slā, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic slahan to strike]
slay′a•ble, adj.
slay′er, n.
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Noun | 1. | slain - people who have been slain (as in battle) dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead" |
Adj. | 1. | slain - killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" |
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