slay
Example Sentences
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“In many ways, he always thought that he was Saint George slaying the dragon,” the author writes.
There are windmills to slay, crises to fabricate, rings to kiss.
From Los Angeles Times
Doc took to the servers like someone trying to slay a dragon.
From Literature
In her imaginary world of Mariposa, Natalie had turned the ugly, monstrous pythons into dragons and sent brave knights out to slay them.
From Literature
He inspires their ire and gives them dragons to slay.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
