Synonyms of mow (down)

mow (down)

verb

1

as in to slaughter

to kill on a large scale

machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughter
• massacre
• murder
• butcher
• slay
• execute
• assassinate
• destroy
• dispatch
• wipe out
• fell
• smite
• eradicate
• blot out
• exterminate
• demolish
• do in
• waste
• snuff
• annihilate
• decimate
• croak
• devastate

2

as in to down

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 & Similar Words

• down
• drop
• knock down
• knock over
• fell
• bowl (down or over)
• floor
• hit
• topple
• level
• slam
• smack
• slap
• prostrate
• punch
• bang
• knock out
• pound
• throw down
• overthrow
• poke
• thump
• whack
• jab
• paste
• belt
• swipe
• sock
• bash
• slug
• hammer
• KO
• smite
• whale
• swat
• clobber
• bludgeon
• kayo
• wallop
• slog
• thwack