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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Slay \Slay\, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Slaying.] [OE. slan, sl?n, sleen, slee, AS. sle['a]n to
     strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[=a], D. slaan, OS. &
     OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[=a], Dan. slaae, Sw. sl?,
     Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces,
     Gr. ????, E. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer,
     Sley.]
     To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to
     kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           With this sword then will I slay you both. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I will slay the last of them with the sword. --Amos ix.
                                                    1.
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           I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Slay \Slay\, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Slaying.] [OE. slan, sl?n, sleen, slee, AS. sle['a]n to
     strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[=a], D. slaan, OS. &
     OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[=a], Dan. slaae, Sw. sl?,
     Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces,
     Gr. ????, E. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer,
     Sley.]
     To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to
     kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
  
           With this sword then will I slay you both. --Chaucer.
  
           I will slay the last of them with the sword. --Amos ix.
                                                    1.
  
           I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  slain
       adj : killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain
             warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain
             dragon"
       n : people who have been slain (as in battle)

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  slay
       v : kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
           ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, hit, dispatch,
            bump off, polish off, remove]
       [also: slew, slain]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  slain
       See slay

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  slain
     n.
     (qualifier: with "the") Those who have been killed.
     vb.
     (past participle of en slay nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  slain
     n.
     (qualifier: with "the") Those who have been killed.
     vb.
     (past participle of en slay nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  slain
     n.
     (qualifier: with "the") Those who have been killed.
     vb.
     (past participle of en slay nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  slain
     n.
     (qualifier: with "the") Those who have been killed.
     vb.
     (past participle of en slay nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  slain
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s lain pperf=slay)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  slain
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en slay ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb slay)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Slain /slˈeɪn/
  مقتول

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  slain /slˈeɪn/
  zabitý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  slain /slˈeɪn/
  ermordet
     Synonym: murderred
  
   see: murder sb., slay sb., murdering, slaying, murders, slays, murdered, slew
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  slay sb./sth. /slˈeɪ ˌɛsbˈiː ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/ (slew /slˈuː/ <>, slain /slˈeɪn/ <>)
   [poet.]  [archaic] jdn. erschlagen, totschlagen, vom Leben zum Tode befördern [geh.] , morden [altertümlich] , meucheln [altertümlich] , jdm. den Garaus machen [poet.]
           Note: Person, etw. erlegen, zur Strecke bringen
           Note: Tier, jdn./etw. abtun  [obs.]
     Synonyms: do to death sb., put to death sb., put to the sword sb.
  
   see: doing to death, putting to death, putting to the sword, slaying, done to death, put to death, put to the sword, slayed, slay a lion
  
           Note: person or animal

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  slain /slˈeɪn/ 
  1. मार ड़ालना
        "The man slain his real brother for property."

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  slain /slˈeɪn/
  1. (bak.) slay.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɫeɪn/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  vbl. 杀,残杀;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vbl. slay的过去分词

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