mow

mow down

verb

Definition of MOW

1

to kill on a large scale <machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy>

Synonyms butcher, mow (down), slaughter

Related Words assassinate, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, fell, murder, slay, smite, snuff; annihilate, blot out, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, waste, wipe out

2

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall <the crowd rushing in for the sale mowed down the poor clerks standing at the front entrance>

Synonyms bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrate

Related Words kayo, knock out, KO; overthrow, throw down, topple; bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale