Slaying

Definitions

Killing, especially the murder of a human.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest⟳.”

“وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا”

CEFR level