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1. Killed; 'slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"
   "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"

1. People who have been slain (as in battle)

1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   - murder, hit, dispatch, bump off [informal], off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], remove, croak
    
2. To succeed greatly

Derived forms: slains

See also: dead

Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], dead, deliver the goods, kill, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

Encyclopedia: Slain