1
as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy
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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
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The hearty creatures, once systemically slaughtered by European settlers to the detriment of Native American tribes, are now grazing their way back from the brink of extinction.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Because of the spread, infected birds have been selectively slaughtered across the U.S., including sometimes millions of birds at a single location.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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The air force downed or suppressed 87.2% of all drones and 73% of missiles during June.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Much of the Pacific coast of North America, spanning from British Columbia in Canada to down the U.S. West Coast and into Mexico was under a tsunami advisory.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
30 July 2025
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There are two shots of what appears to be the famous Trojan Horse — Odysseus’ master plan to sneak Greek soldiers into Troy, massacre the soldiers and sack the city to win the war.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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Husseini repaid these favors by inciting more anti-Jewish riots, notably in Hebron in 1929, in which 67 Jews were massacred and hundreds more were injured.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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General Hospital has another major plot twist to drop on its fans: the ABC sudser is bringing back Ryan Paevey.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
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Even colder temperatures and frost can cause yellow leaves and dropping, so move tropical varieties indoors when the mercury drops.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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While technically a violation of the bureau's own internal policies and the service's terms of use, the court said the evidence could stand and knocked down Kohberger's arguments that the IGG technique had violated his Fourth Amendment rights.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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He can be hurt and occasionally knocked down, but he’s only been finished once, which was by Rakhmonov in Round 3.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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The audio has been used in nearly 2 million videos, many of which portray chaotic incidents, such as a person getting knocked over by a splash from a water slide or a woman almost getting hit by a rebounding axe at an axe throwing range.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Just one example: When Tom Sandoval punched Jax Taylor, Shay sobbed to Lisa Vanderpump that she had been knocked over in the scuffle.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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Trees must be felled with dangerous and expensive equipment, dragged up muddy and steep slopes with cables, cut into lengths, loaded onto trucks and hauled.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In reality, what felled her was not just one gangster’s greed but an entire organization’s—the inheritors of Rothstein’s operation—zeroing in on a mom-and-pop, or at least a mom, business, as big enterprises always do.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Some things still floor him about the guy who took his money.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The daters Julie Nguyen works with are more likely to be floored by the laziness, spelling errors, and sheer audacity of the people on the other end.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Mow (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mow%20%28down%29. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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