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slaying, n.
(slayings)
more info unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 45

execution murder slaying
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derivationally related form
murderous murder
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slay
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derivationally related form
execute
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hypernym
homicide
hyponym
assassination bloodshed, gore contract killing parricide mariticide fratricide uxoricide filicide elimination, liquidation mass murder, slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery lynching regicide dry-gulching hit infanticide shoot-down tyrannicide thuggee