mowed (down)

past tense of mow (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed (down)
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 2 May. 2025.

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