Slaying (Noun)

Meaning

Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Execution
• Murder

Hypernyms

• Homicide

Hyponyms

• Mariticide
• Parricide
• Assassination
• Tyrannicide
• Infanticide
• Thuggee
• Filicide
• Slaughter
• Regicide
• Carnage
• Hit
• Bloodshed
• Elimination
• Fratricide
• Butchery
• Shoot-down
• Uxoricide
• Contract Killing
• Dry-gulching
• Mass Murder
• Lynching

Related Words

• Slay (verb)