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Synonyms for slew


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sloo
Phonetic Transcription : slu

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Définition of slew

Origin :
  • "swampy place," 1708, North American variant of slough.
  • noun heap
Example sentences :
  • I strained a sinew on the day that I slew the three men at Castelnau.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Therefore your lives are justly forfeit, and none would blame us if we slew you.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He was my father, Sire, and I saw him slain—aye, and slew the slayer.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • The hound fell without a sound, and with equal ease he slew the second.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • So they drove off the best of the cattle of the Sun and slew them.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • It is meet that the same hand that slew my dear master should butcher me also!
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • He slew all the males, and carried away all the women and children.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • Even thus did Cain cease to be his brother's keeper, and so slew him.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • I curse the hour that I was born, the man I slew, and all the living world!'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • He slew, wrath-swollen, his shoulder-comrades, companions at board!
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

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