slay
verb (used with object)
to kill by violence.
has slain
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present perfectof slay (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Messi isn’t the first giant he has slain this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
At least one of those had never been publicly reported until now, three years after the start of the pandemic that has slain millions and upended the global economy.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
It is only when Tancred, flush with victory, lifts his opponent’s helmet that he realizes he has slain Clorinda, the Muslim woman he loves.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2015
He has slain personal demons and scaled Mount Kilimanjaro, but the quest for knuckleball mastery never ends.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2012
I thank Heaven it is not the Plague you have had, for that enemy has slain more men than battle, besides the women and children it has taken toll of.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
