Slain
[sleɪn] or [slen]
Definition
(noun.) people who have been slain (as in battle).
(adj.) killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in 'slain warriors'; 'a picture of St. George and the slain dragon' .
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Definition
(p. p.) of Slay
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Definition
pa.p. of slay.
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Examples
- All this, it seemed, had been the property of the two chieftains I had slain, and now, by the customs of the Tharks, it had become mine. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The Princess's guard fought nobly to the end, but they were soon overcome and slain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next as to the slain; ought the conquerors, I said, to take anything but their armour? Plato. The Republic.
- In the few cases that get into the newspapers, are there not instances of slain bodies found, and no murderers ever discovered? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sadly and slowly I stemmed my course from among the heaps of slain, and, guided by the twinkling lights of the town, at length reached Rodosto. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Adrian threw himself from his horse, and approaching one of those just slain: He was a man, he cried, and he is dead. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Particulars then followed; and after the announcement of the victories came the list of the wounded and the slain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And, therefore, when the queen was informed they were slain, and that by Ulysses, she, not believing that Ulysses was returned, says, Ah no! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Thus a thousand beasts out of the flock and the herd have been slain in ten years' time to feed me, besides what the forest has supplied me with. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And now he himself who uttered the strain, he who was present at the banquet, and who said this--he it is who has slain my son. Plato. The Republic.
- The steed may be slain, the armour injured--for I will spare neither horse nor man. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Three hundred Saracens hath this Brian de Bois-Guilbert slain with his own hand. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Finally Olympias was killed in Macedonia by the friends of those she had slain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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