Slaying and Violence

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Slaying

Slaying noun - The intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life.
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Violence and slaying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violence" instead a noun "Slaying".
Nearby Words: slay, slayer

Violence

Violence noun - The use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property.
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Slaying and violence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slaying" instead a noun "Violence".
Nearby Words: violent, violently

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human human slaying human violence
brutal brutal slaying brutal violence
little little slaying little violence
outright outright slaying outright violence
Other adjectives: comic.

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  • When All You Have Is a Hammer Several times in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when the story required a less than super character to handle a situation on their own, it was suggested that Buffy sit that one out as it didn't require slaying, citing Buffy's tendency to respond to even minor conflict with violence.
    Source: When All You Have Is a Hammer
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