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shoot-down vs slaying

slaying vs shoot-down

shoot-down and slaying both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shoot-down Yes No No No
slaying Yes No No No
As nouns, slaying is a hypernym of shoot-down; that is, slaying is a word with a broader meaning than shoot-down:
  • shoot-down: murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
  • slaying: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Other hypernyms of shoot-down include execution, murder.
shoot-down (noun) slaying (noun)
murder by shooting someone down in cold blood unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Difference between shoot-down and slaying

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