SLAYING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Synonyms:

execution; murder; slaying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("slaying" is a kind of...):

homicide (the killing of a human being by another human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slaying"):

thuggee (murder and robbery by thugs)

tyrannicide (killing a tyrant)

shoot-down (murder by shooting someone down in cold blood)

infanticide (murdering an infant)

hit (a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate)

dry-gulching (the act of killing from ambush)

regicide (the act of killing a king)

lynching (putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law)

butchery; carnage; mass murder; massacre; slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)

elimination; liquidation (the murder of a competitor)

filicide (the murder of your own son or daughter)

uxoricide (the murder of a wife by her husband)

fratricide (the murder of your sibling)

mariticide (the murder of a husband by his wife)

parricide (the murder of your own father or mother)

contract killing (a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer)

bloodshed; gore (the shedding of blood resulting in murder)

assassination (murder of a public figure by surprise attack)

Derivation:

slay (kill intentionally and with premeditation)

-ing form of the verb slay