1
as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale
machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy
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2
as in downed
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 Chiefs will be pleased in 2025 if Araiza exceeds the 25 punts that were downed inside the 20-yard line in 2024.—
Nate Taylor,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Trees were downed and at least one home had collapsed, but no one was injured, WKMG-TV reported.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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In October, the United Nations said least 70 people, including women and children, were massacred by the Gran Grif gang in the same Artibonite town where the officer was killed on Tuesday.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.—
Phillip Whiteman Jr.,
The Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Mowed (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowed%20%28down%29. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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