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mowed (down)

verb

past tense of mow (down)

as in slaughtered

to kill on a large scale machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

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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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Still, a currency collapse last year and high inflation triggered widespread unrest, and the regime slaughtered thousands in a brutal crackdown.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
What to Read Providence, by Max Barry Seven years before the start of this novel, an alien species slaughtered everyone aboard a human spaceship—Earth’s first contact with extraterrestrials.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

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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
The regime has demonstrated an extreme brutality toward the population, having massacred thousands of unarmed protestors this past January.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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For too many years an international break has dropped at this point of September, freezing the Premier League just as narratives were being set and excitement was rising.

— Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Its crude imports dropped below 8 million barrels a day in May and June, falling for the first time since 2016, according to the EIA.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

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The column supporting the building’s front corner appeared to have been knocked down, and photos taken over the years indicated it was never replaced.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2026
Itauma had never needed to go past the sixth round in his first 14 professional bouts and tired visibly after taking command of the early rounds, with Hrgovic absorbing a barrage of hits even after being knocked down in the second round.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked down

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Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Video from the scene showed one car flipped on its side with debris scattered across the sidewalk and a trash can knocked over.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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