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mow (down)

verb

Definition of mow (down)next
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mow (down)
  1. slaughter
  2. down
  3. massacre
  4. drop
  5. knock down
  6. knock over
  7. fell
  8. floor
Verb
  • Every year, live chickens are confined and slaughtered at makeshift sites on Brooklyn streets and sidewalks.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In the present, Kirk has to stop Reeger from wholesale slaughtering an entire planet, which involves beaming into the bowels of the ship to sabotage the ship’s phaser banks.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of slaughter
Verb
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that its air defenses overnight downed 244 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the waters of the Black Sea.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Punter Brunno Reus had five of his seven punts downed inside the 20, including four punts of 50-plus yards.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of down
Verb
  • The people in Silo 17 were brutally massacred by the members of Silo 1.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The latest planeload landed last week, four days after armed gangs massacred dozens of people in the hills above Port-au-Prince.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of massacre
Verb
  • Poll voters penalized the Hoosiers last week, dropping them one spot following a 38-0 rout of Western Kentucky.
    — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • As a kid, his mother would drop him off at Southwick Country Club in Massachusetts on summer mornings on her way to work.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of drop
Verb
  • Schiano ended up knocking down the field marker in his tantrum.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Young was knocked down when pitcher Nolan McLean struck him on the head with a knee when the two converged for Justin Crawford's slow grounder in the sixth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of knock down
Verb
  • Earlier that day, at a different campaign event about 90 miles east in Canfield, a man carrying two handguns, brass knuckles, and a Taser had barreled toward Acton while yelling her name, knocking over an elderly couple in the crowd.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of knock over
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • In fact, Cathleen Gruver explains, bathroom flooring is more critical than flooring in any other room of the house.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The British southpaw fighter faced the Californian in 2021 for the ‘interim’ WBC lightweight title in Texas, flooring him in the second round with a blistering left hand.
    — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of floor
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“Mow (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mow%20%28down%29. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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