It is the past tense of the verb "to slay" which is the same as "to kill". Thus:- "The dragon was slain by the Knight in shining armour.
The word is "slain" (life cut short).
Slain is a form of the word to slay. Someone who is slain is dead.
A large serpent slain by Apollo. So the term has its roots in Greek mythology.
Being slain means killed, so it's redundant to say 'fatally slain'. Should just be 'man is slain'.
The young man was slain without reason.
The knight bravely fought in the battle and ultimately was slain by the enemy's sword.
David Slain is 6' 5".
The word slain has one syllable.
Many people are slain due to terrorism.
The past participle of "slay" is "slain."
Slain is the past tense of the word "slay". Slay means "to murder". Therefore slain means "has been murdered". So "slain police officers" means murdered police officers.