slay
verb (used with object)
to kill by violence.
have slain
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present perfectof slay.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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What she heard: "They have slain the Earl of Moray, and Lady Mondegreen."
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2013
On the one hand, this was Oswald we were talking about - a man who may have slain a political leader and irrevocably altered world history.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2013
Last week, in that ancient city of Lebanon, where St. George is supposed to have slain his dragon, a winter sun beat fiercely on old walls radiant with purple bougainvillaea and flaming crimson poinsettias.
From Time Magazine Archive
They've had a knack for making the right calls--and have slain a stream of well-funded companies that tried to move into the online-auction space.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Tehlu grew angry, and he might have slain them all, but Perial leaped forward and laid a restraining hand on his shoulder.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
