Slay: alternatives and connections

To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

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A kiln.

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To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…

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To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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Same as Dispatch.

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Same as Dispatch.

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To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

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It.

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The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

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In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:

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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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See Roc.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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