Thesaurus results for MOWED (DOWN)

mowed (down)

verb

past tense of mow (down)

as in slaughtered

to kill on a large scale machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

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as in downed

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

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Fifteen people were slaughtered, including relatives of Maram, and some of her neighbors.

— Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaughtered

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In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped third-degree felony charges of home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The football team has dropped 44 games since 2020, and our once-vaunted basketball program hasn’t made the NCAAs since 2021.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dropped

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But his backwards pass was knocked down by Oklahoma State’s Christian Bodnar and returned for a touchdown by Jackson.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Courville and Reynolds started filming the neighborhood in 2013, after a redbrick building around the corner on Douglas and Third was knocked down.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocked down

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The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

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