Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigDictionary
was slaying
verb
To kill, murder.
Exact(5)
Buffy's expertise was slaying, but when your school sits on top of a Hellmouth, all kinds of spirit-destroying happens, including an exorcism where Buffy rids Sunnydale High of a former student's ghost who keeps reenacting the bloody end of his ill-fated affair with his teacher by possessing current students, teachers and even the janitor.
While Andrew was slaying the pride of Norwegian skiing in Lillehammer, Posy was racing at the Swiss championships.
Those Tories look back with fondness at that time of heroic unpopularity - when they awoke with pride to hear the news about the protests of the dragons Mrs Thatcher was slaying - the unions, CND and the Soviet Union.
Yet the CIA did not even know who it was slaying when the two hostages were killed.
The glee club should worship Stephen King and not Sondheim, admit the existence of evil, and that it often lives in middle and high schools, which Buffy knew when she was slaying her vampires.
Similar(55)
I was slain.
Camac was slain in December 2001.
Her son was slain at Anzio.
In the ensuing battle at Mokuohai, Kiwalao was slain.
He was slain at the Battle of Alfarrobeira.
His wife, Diana Teruggi, was slain on the patio.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com