mow down

verb

mowed down; mowed down or mown down; mowing down; mows down

informal

: to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way

The soldiers were mowed down by machine guns.

The car mowed down four pedestrians.

Examples of mow down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The revolutionary fanatics running the Islamic regime aren’t interested in the welfare of the Iranian public, who were mowed down by the thousands when protesters took the streets seeking freedom. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026

Toy Story 5, meanwhile, is projected by Deadline to mow down all of its competition with an opening weekend take of anywhere between $160 million and $170 million from 4,425 North American theaters — more than enough to take away Disclosure Day’s box office crown after one week. —Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

Men who had fought side-by-side to defend their homeland just two years ago were being mown down by their fellow former soldiers. —Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026

All the while, Walsh was mowing down the Rams. —Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 11 June 2026

Rhymes for mow down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown