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slain

[sleyn] / sleɪn /
ADJECTIVE
slaughtered
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
assassinated dead


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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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