Slain

Definitions

Those who have been killed.

plural, plural-only, with-definite-article

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man / May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, / Nor blush for those who conquered on that plain ; / Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host⟳, / A bony heap, through ages to remain⟳, / Themselves their monument ;— the Stygian coast / Unsepulchred they roam'd, and shriek'd each wandering ghost.”

“While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain, they were also obedient to the call⟳ of any in distress who asked their help⟳.”

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