Defeat, as a dragon

The answer

SLAY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAY answer page.

Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLAY

Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAY, most used first.

• Do in - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Kill - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Kill, as a dragon - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Do in, as a dragon - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Leave rolling in the aisles - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Murder - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• Destroy. - used 25 times, most recently in 2007
• Dispatch - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Overwhelm with humor - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Dispatch, as a dragon - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Leave in stitches - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Vanquish, as a dragon - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Bump off - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Knock off - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Overwhelm with laughter - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Assassinate - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Wow 'em at the comedy club - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave helpless with laughter - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Crack up - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Emulate Buffy - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Knock 'em dead - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Do away with - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Dispatch a dragon - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Do in, as a vampire - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Put in stitches - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "You ___ me!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Do in a dragon - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Have rolling in the aisles - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Homophone for sleigh - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Kill it - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Amuse immensely - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Massacre - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Rub out - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Slaughter - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Defeat - LOSS, used 82 times
• Decisive defeat - ROUT, used 55 times
• Suffer defeat - LOSE, used 49 times
• Defeat - BEST, used 38 times
• Defeat decisively - ROUT, used 38 times
• Defeat soundly - DRUB, used 31 times

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