slay

  • (verb): To kill, murder.
  • (verb): To eradicate or stamp out.
  • (verb): (by extension) To defeat, overcome (in a competition or contest).
  • (verb): To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
  • (verb): To amaze, stun or otherwise incapacitate by awesomeness; to be awesome at something; to kill (slang sense).
  • (verb): To have sex with
  • Our foes must all be slain.
  • You must slay these thoughts.
  • 1956, “Giants Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in Lodi News-Sentinel, 1956 December 31, page 8.
  • Ha ha! You slay me!