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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
Berlin remains under vigilant watch, especially since a murderous 2016 jihadist attack at a Christmas market, when a truck mowed down a crowd, killing 12 people.
They have mowed down the Cincinnati Reds, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brewers with ruthless efficiency.
He reconsidered his opinion in 2021, writing for Salon that “Trumpism has become terrifyingly proud of its capacity to mow down democratic norms and resculpt them into steaming piles of excrement.”
“They can mow down a kelp forest and then actually remain in that ecosystem without a food source,” said Prentice, a marine biologist and study co-author.
Man who mowed down students with his car, killing teen outside Westlake High, pleads guilty to murder rampage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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