mow down

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Synonyms for mow down

verb flatten, knock down; wipe out

Antonyms for mow down

cut

verb. sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise

Word Origin & History

Old English mawan "to mow" (class VII strong verb; past tense meow, past participle mawen), from Proto-Germanic *mæanan (cf. Middle Low German maeyen, Dutch maaien, Old High German maen, German mähen "to mow," Old English mæd "meadow"), from PIE root *me- "to mow, to cut down grass or grain with a sickle or scythe" (cf. poetic Greek amao, Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop," Italian mietere, Old Irish meithleorai "reapers," Welsh medi). Related: Mowed; mown; mowing.

Example Sentences for mow down

I mow down all before me, and cover all with my scarlet robe.

They will know when our power is complete and we begin to mow down their cursed grass.

It is far more humane to mow down the insurgents with grape and canister.

If you've made up your mind to mow down everything, don't spare your own legs.

One can mow down a lot of cases, listen to scores of grievances in the open, under a good spreading tree.

The flames had no effect on the Annihilator, whereas the electric cannons continued to mow down the Martians.

Thanks to his white slaves, he could cut and mow down and gather in his wood, hay, and grain.

We watched it wallow into deep ditches and out, splash through a brook, and mow down trees more'n a foot thick.

June arrived, and it was time to mow down grass to make into hay for the winter, and Jacob had two scythes.

The weeds have been allowed to grow too long, and now we must mow down the crop, which threatens to choke the good seed!

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Synonyms for mow down

Antonyms for mow down

brought down

cut

cut down

defeat

defeating

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