slew

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The common thread in this slew has been a Pandora prophesy, of sorts, whereby it's believed that American society will be sundered to an unrecognizable degree by state-endorsed ethical laxity.

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  1. noun Informal A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.
  2. verb Past tense of slay.
  3. noun Variant of slough1.
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  • The common thread in this slew has been a Pandora prophesy, of sorts, whereby it's believed that American society will be sundered to an unrecognizable degree by state-endorsed ethical laxity. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • His own host he slew, the laird of Inverriggen Fifty they slew--the rest fled to the mountains. —  Malcolm
  • It is a generation since I looked upon thee whom I slew--slew with mine own hand," and with trembling fingers she seized the corner of the sheet-like wrapping that covered the form upon the stone bier, and then paused. —  She
  • Horses and oxen slew, his helpless prey; —  Orlando Furioso
  • She slew, as prompted by her cruelty, —  Orlando Furioso
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  1. Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.

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  1. Perhaps a mistaken singular of sluice, assumed to be a plural: see sluice.
 

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