Synonyms of mows (down)

mows (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of mow (down)

1

as in slaughters

to kill on a large scale

machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughters
• murders
• massacres
• slays
• executes
• dispatches
• destroys
• wipes out
• butchers
• assassinates
• smites
• blots out
• snuffs
• eradicates
• demolishes
• wastes
• does in
• annihilates
• fells
• croaks
• exterminates
• decimates
• devastates

2

as in downs

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 & Similar Words

• downs
• bowls (down or over)
• drops
• knocks down
• knocks over
• levels
• floors
• hits
• slams
• topples
• slaps
• smacks
• knocks out
• prostrates
• pounds
• punches
• fells
• bangs
• throws down
• pokes
• overthrows
• thumps
• kayoes
• jabs
• socks
• whacks
• swipes
• pastes
• belts
• bashes
• hammers
• whales
• bludgeons
• slugs
• clobbers
• swats
• smites
• KOs
• wallops
• thwacks
• slogs