1
as in slaughtering
to kill on a large scale
machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy
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as in downing
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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One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Before openly slaughtering thousands of protesters last month, Iran’s leaders had rejected chance after chance to improve the lives of their own people.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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Instead, your last week coincided with the publication of a New York Times profile of you railing at enemies while downing coffee at a burger bar in El Centro.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Hawks have won 40 games after downing the Grizzlies 146-107 on Monday night.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson had 17 points and 10 assists to help the Knicks win their second consecutive game after dropping three in a row.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Aitken, last week, asked the city attorney to look into whether dropping the hometown name puts the baseball team in violation of its current lease through 2038 to play in the stadium.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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The robot was captured on video at the Haidilao location approaching a table before pounding on it, then knocking over utensils and food in front of customers.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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Bess finally blurted out, gesticulating and knocking over her glass of wine just as Sam opened a new bottle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Senior wing Taylor Bigby has helped pick up some of the scoring load with her breakout run, but to make the Final Four, TCU will need both guards knocking down shots to alleviate the pressure that is sure to come on Miles.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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Since then, rising crude prices have been knocking down stocks, with Brent international crude up 50% over the past 19 trading sessions and West Texas Intermediate crude up 40%.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Gerhardt Konig hoped Thursday to persuade a Hawaiian jury that hitting his wife repeatedly with a rock was self-defense.—
April 2,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The film also was shown at a number of other festivals before hitting the awards circuit as the Palestinian entry for this year’s Academy Awards.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Mowing (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowing%20%28down%29. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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