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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
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.
Sharks play a critical role in the ecosystem as guardians of the seagrass, policing populations of turtles and other animals that would mow down all the seagrass if left unchecked.
The 27-year-old said dead rodents mowed down by cars were becoming common, adding he had seen four in just one morning.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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