Killed (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">killed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(slaying is a kind of killing)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for slain that I've seen before include "Violently killed" , "Slaughtered" , "Killed, murdered" , "Put to the sword" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">killed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(historical past tense of slay)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for slew that I've seen before include "Cut down" , "Killed (arch.)" , "skid" , "lot of Americans" , "Butchered" .)