slay
verb (used with object)
to kill by violence.
have slayed
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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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Saltzman put Oh in Versace, Stella McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow’s label G, and was universally proclaimed to have slayed it in the styling stakes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
In that sense, the pageant just might have slayed some stereotypes after all.
From Time Magazine Archive
