- (old-fashioned or literary)
the act of killing somebody/something in a war or a fight (在战争或搏斗中)杀,杀死 a play about St George and the slaying of the dragon 一部关于圣乔治和屠龙的戏剧
- (especially North American English)
(used especially in newspapers )尤用于报章 the act of murdering somebody 杀人: 谋杀某人的行为the drug-related slayings of five people 那宗和毒品有关的五人被杀的案子