mowed (down)

past tense of mow (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed (down)
Verb
  • In 2022, producers slaughtered more beef cows than ever before in the USDA recordkeeping.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Her time out in the world was brief; not long after her escape, she was surrounded by police cars and taken back to the plant, where she was scheduled to be slaughtered in a few days.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Defenders downed or suppressed 566 drones and 45 missiles, the air force said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Players from each team wait between the 30- and 40-yard lines for the ball to be received or downed.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement following an attack days earlier where gunmen massacred at least 40 people in the rural fishing village of Labordrie, just north of the capital, Amnesty International called on Haitian authorities to take action to protect the population.
    Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Principals told to stop calling police chief There was so much chaos in the minutes after the gunman entered the classrooms and massacred the children and teachers inside that school police chief Arredondo called the district’s communication chief for help.
    Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the biggest shift was at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, which dropped 11 spots from last year.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, the Royals dropped India down in the batting order.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But one simply has to appreciate the cruel irony of such a deluxe number being knocked down by a pedestrian bus rather than, say, a Rolls-Royce or a Daimler.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Kolek knocked down nearly 40 percent of his three-point attempts across his final two collegiate campaigns.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Emma Stone was spotted speaking with Felix from Stray Kids, but both jumped when a crowd of guests knocked over one of the metal chairs — despite security’s best efforts to protect the central table.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Small children and elderly people can accidentally be knocked over, so give your dog space or redirect their zoomies to a safer area like a dog park.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 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 Oct. 2025.

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