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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | slean 'to hit, kill' |
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slay
past tense slew
, past participle slain
[transitive]
past tense slew, past participle slain [transitive]1 to kill someone - used especially in newspapers
2 American English spoken informal to amuse someone a lot
—slayer noun [countable]
