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mowing (down)

verb , present participle of mow (down)

Synonyms and Antonyms of mowing (down)

1 to kill on a large scale

machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

Synonyms of mowing (down)

butchering, massacring, slaughtering

Words Related to mowing (down)

assassinating, croaking [slang], dispatching, doing in, executing, felling, murdering, slaying, smiting, snuffing

annihilating, blotting out, decimating, demolishing, destroying, devastating, eradicating, exterminating, wasting, wiping out

2 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

Synonyms of mowing (down)

bowling (down or over), downing, dropping, felling, flooring, knocking down, knocking over, leveling (or levelling), prostrating

Words Related to mowing (down)

kayoing, knocking out, KO'ing

overthrowing, throwing down, toppling

banging, bashing, belting, bludgeoning, clobbering, hammering, hitting, jabbing, pasting, poking, pounding, punching, slamming, slapping, slogging, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, swatting, swiping, thumping, thwacking, walloping, whacking, whaling

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