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mow (down)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mow (down)

1 to kill on a large scale

machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

Synonyms of mow (down)

butcher, massacre, slaughter

Words Related to mow (down)

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 of mow (down)

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

Words Related to mow (down)

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

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