eliminate vs slay

eliminate

verb
  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

slay

verb
  • To kill; to murder. 

  • To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest). 

  • To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something. 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter. 

  • To eradicate or stamp out. 

How often have the words eliminate and slay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )