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mow down
verb as in bring down
verb as in cut
Strong matches
- amputate
- behead
- bisect
- bite
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- dice
- dispatch
- dissect
- dissever
- facet
- fell
- flitch
- gash
- guillotine
- hack
- hash
- hew
- intersect
- lacerate
- level
- lop
- massacre
- mince
- mow
- nick
- notch
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- prune
- puncture
- quarter
- rabbet
- raze
- reap
- rend
- rive
- saber
- saw
- scarify
- scissor
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shave
- shear
- sickle
- slaughter
- slay
- slit
- sliver
- snip
verb as in defeat
Strong matches
Weak matches
verb as in eradicate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in fell
verb as in flatten
verb as in ground
verb as in raze
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
When a radicalized US Army veteran mowed down 15 people in New Orleans, Donald Trump wasted no time pointing his finger, blaming immigrants and a non-existent ‘open border’ for the tragedy:
In another instance, a video showed 16 Ukrainian soldiers apparently being lined up and then mowed down with automatic gunfire after emerging from a woods to surrender.
Weaver is not to be confused with Yankees closer Luke Weaver, whose star has risen this year as he mows down batters and screams on the mound.
Besides, El Toro will forever live in my mind, his eyes looking up to the heavens as he mowed down opponents like a bull in the streets of Pamplona.
The vehicle moved during the confrontation, police said, but Kahane is not accused of trying to mow down a group of protesters.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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