slayer

UK: /ˈsleɪə^r/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

slay /sleɪ/   v. [~ + object] , slew/slu/  slain/sleɪn/  slay•ing. 

1. to kill by violence:
   to slay the enemy.
2. Informal Terms [Slang.] to impress strongly;
   overwhelm, esp. by humor:
   Your jokes slay me.

slay•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

slay  (slā), v., slew, slain, slay•ing, n. 
v.t. 

1. to kill by violence.
2. to destroy;
   extinguish.
3. sley.
4. Informal Terms to impress strongly;
   overwhelm, esp. by humor:
   Your jokes slay me.
5. [Obs.] to strike.

v.i. 

6. to kill or murder.

n. 

7. sley.

• bef. 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat

slay′a•ble, adj. 
slay′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate.
• 2. annihilate, ruin.