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What does slay mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word slay? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (literary) To kill, murder.
  2. (literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
  3. (by extension, colloquial) To defeat, overcome (in a competition or contest).
  4. (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
  5. (transitive) To amaze, stun or otherwise incapacitate by awesomeness; to be awesome at something; to kill (slang sense).
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He pledged to keep a flinty eye on it and vowed to slay the threatening blip should it grow.
It's Saturday night, you want to go to the movies, every single one of them will sort of amuse you but not one of them is going to slay you.
Based on the Greek legend of Theseus trying to catch and slay the Minotaur, this is a wonderful story ably told.
Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to slay a dragon, a rather messy sort of job.
They nobly make a decision to risk their lives while trying to slay their friend's murderer.
They encounter some small groups of orcs away from the great army and they slay them quickly.

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