slaying

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slay

plural slayings

1. countableuncountableKilling, especially the murder of a human.

   The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.

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   وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا

   1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, surah 17, verse 31, page 285