slain
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
- unslain adjective
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, Nobel Peace laureate and human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi was arrested, along with around 40 activists, during a memorial in the city of Mashhad for a lawyer who activists say was slain.
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of slain President John F. Kennedy, is battling a rare form of leukemia and may have less than a year to live.
From Los Angeles Times
Blame the mother wolf, wild with grief for her slain cubs, and the vengeful curse she had unleashed upon the admiral and all his tribe!
From Literature
Most of those slain this year are of Haitian nationality, he says.
From BBC
The identities of the slain journalists have been confirmed but we know little about the other fatalities.
From BBC
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