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slaying

/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/ noun C1
  1. Killing, especially the murder of a human. (countable, uncountable) · The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.

Plural slayings

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“What was the use of half slaying him with blows if thou didst not warn him?”
The Jungle Book, p. 40 · B2

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