slaying

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of slay
2. noun Killing, especially the murder of a human.

   The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.

Similar words

murder homicide slaughtering massacre killing carnage beheading crime hector slaughter

Often followed by

of the a his and him them their all

Word family

slayings