plural slayings
: the act of killing a person : killing, murder
—used chiefly in journalistic writing
a gangland slaying
Sunday's slayings bring to 14 the number of killings this year in what police call gang-related attacks.—
Peter Stein
Peter SteinHe is accused of ordering the 1989 slayings and robberies of three drug dealers …—Joseph P. Fried
Joseph P. Fried
Examples of slaying in a Sentence
a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery
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The ex-wife of a Woodland Hills doctor has been arrested along with four others in his execution-style slaying outside his medical practice this summer, according to police.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The forgery charge relates to his alleged possession of several false identification documents, including one that was allegedly used to check into a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side nearly two weeks before Thompson’s slaying.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Thompson's slaying sent shock waves throughout the corporate and health care worlds, raising questions about appropriate security for top-level executives.
—Tom Winter, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione was arrested on Monday morning after being recognized at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania—a few hundred miles away from the site of Thompson's slaying in New York City.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The forgery charge relates to his alleged possession of several false identification documents, including one that was allegedly used to check into a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side nearly two weeks before Thompson’s slaying.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Thompson's slaying sent shock waves throughout the corporate and health care worlds, raising questions about appropriate security for top-level executives.
—Tom Winter, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione was arrested on Monday morning after being recognized at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania—a few hundred miles away from the site of Thompson's slaying in New York City.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Slaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaying. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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