<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>slew or slayed, slaying, slain</li><li>to kill by violence: In this game, your goal is to slay the evil dragon and take his hoard.</li><li>Synonyms: assassinate, butcher, massacre, slaughter, murder</li><li>to destroy; extinguish: Together we are slaying our self-doubt and working towards our dreams.</li><li>Synonyms: ruin, annihilate</li><li>Slang: to impress strongly and favorably; overwhelm, especially by humor: Your jokes slay me.</li><li>to make a strong favorable impression with: She really slayed her performance last night.</li><li>sley (def 4).</li><li>Obsolete: to strike.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>slew or slayed, slain, slaying</li><li>to kill or murder.</li><li>Slang: to have a strong favorable effect; to be remarkably impressive: His whole album slays.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>sley (def).</li></ul>