Need another word that means the same as “slay”? Find 42 synonyms and 30 related words for “slay” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Slay” are: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, putting to death, slaughter, massacre, extermination, kill, put to death, do to death, put to the sword, butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, shoot down, gun down, mow down, assassinate, execute, destroy, eliminate, annihilate, exterminate, dispose of, make an impression on, have an impact on, influence, affect, leave a mark on, move, stir, rouse, excite, inspire, galvanize, amuse greatly, entertain greatly, make someone laugh
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slay” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| affect | Connect closely and often incriminatingly. Will the new rules affect me. |
| amuse greatly | Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. |
| annihilate | Convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy. A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all. |
| assassinate | Murder; especially of socially prominent persons. The organization s leader had been assassinated four months before the coup. |
| bump off | Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward. |
| butcher | Kill (animals) usually for food consumption. The film was butchered by the studio that released it. |
| cut down | Cut down on make a reduction in. |
| cut to pieces | Make an incision or separation. |
| destroy | Destroy completely damage irreparably. The room had been destroyed by fire. |
| dispatch | Kill intentionally and with premeditation. He dispatched messages back to base. |
| dispose of | Make fit or prepared. |
| do to death | Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. |
| eliminate | Eliminate from the body. The acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other and water is eliminated. |
| entertain greatly | Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings. |
| excite | Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Gould was excited by these discoveries. |
| execute | Put in effect. The corporation executed a series of financial deals. |
| exterminate | Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews Gypsies Communists and homosexuals of Europe. |
| extermination | Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. |
| galvanize | Shock or excite (someone) into taking action. The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action. |
| gun down | Shoot with a gun. |
| have an impact on | Have ownership or possession of. |
| hit | Hit with a missile from a weapon. She fainted and hit her head on the metal bedstead. |
| influence | Have an influence on. Government regulations can influence behaviour but often without changing underlying values and motivations. |
| inspire | Give rise to. His passion for literature inspired him to begin writing. |
| leave a mark on | Put into the care or protection of someone. |
| make an impression on | Make by shaping or bringing together constituents. |
| make someone laugh | Assure the success of. |
| massacre | Deliberately and brutally kill (many people. The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda. |
| move | Change location move travel or proceed also metaphorically. She moved the tray to a side table. |
| mow down | Cut with a blade or mower. |
| off | Kill intentionally and with premeditation. I finally snapped and offed the guy. |
| polish off | Make (a surface) shine. |
| put to death | Cause (someone) to undergo something. |
| put to the sword | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
| putting to death | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
| remove | Remove from a position or an office. Exchange controls have finally been removed. |
| rouse | Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Rouse the cable out. |
| shoot down | Run or move very quickly or hastily. |
| slaughter | Kill a large number of people indiscriminately. The first team were slaughtered. |
| stir | Mix or add by stirring. A stirring movie. |
| assassin | A member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders. Assassinators of kings and emperors. |
| assassinate | Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone’s reputation. He assassinated his enemy s character. |
| assassination | Murder of a public figure by surprise attack. A wave of bombings and assassinations. |
| attempted | Tried unsuccessfully. Attempted murder. |
| cannibalism | The practice of eating the flesh of one’s own species. The film is quite disturbing at points with references to cannibalism. |
| carnage | The savage and excessive killing of many people. The bombing was timed to cause as much carnage as possible. |
| choke | A knob which controls the choke in a carburettor. The man choked his opponent. |
| collusion | Collusion between ostensible opponents in a lawsuit. The armed forces were working in collusion with drug traffickers. |
| connivance | Agreement on a secret plot. This infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials. |
| conscienceless | Lacking a conscience. A conscienceless villain. |
| conspirator | A member of a conspiracy. Conspirators had planned to seize the state. |
| dispatch | The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose. A resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force. |
| dying | Gradually ceasing to exist or function; in decline and about to disappear. The dying embers of the fire. |
| execution | (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer. The film is entirely professional in its execution. |
| exterminate | Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. They use poison to exterminate moles. |
| genocide | The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group. News of genocides went unreported. |
| homicide | A murderer. He was charged with homicide. |
| killer | The causal agent resulting in death. The shift system was a killer. |
| massacre | Deliberately and brutally kill (many people. Reports of massacres by government troops. |
| matricide | A person who kills their mother. A man suspected of matricide. |
| off | Located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb offside. They re off. |
| parricide | A person who commits parricide. |
| patricide | The murder of your father. |
| regicide | Someone who commits regicide the killer of a king. |
| savagery | The trait of extreme cruelty. The progress of civilization over savagery. |
| slaughter | Kill (animals) for food. The slaughter of 20 peaceful demonstrators. |
| suicide | A person who commits suicide. He committed suicide at the age of forty. |
| whodunit | A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie. |
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