Meaning of mow down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cut down, especially in large numbers.
   transitive
2. To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner.
   broadly, figuratively, transitive

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Examples

“Our forecast calls for a return⟳ of summery weather in the 80s this weekend, so we actually can get⟳ out and mow down those weeds without having to inhale clouds of dust.”

“[T]heir machine-gunners mowed down wave⟳ after wave⟳ of counterattacking Chinese.”

“The simplest rejoinder to all of Daenerys’ justifications is that this bloodshed could have⟳ been avoided. She was given a moment to choose⟳, and she chose blind vengeance, the kind that eliminates any benevolence she hoped to bring⟳ to the seven kingdoms by burning it right out of the minds of anyone who saw⟳ her astride Drogon, mowing down men, women, and children with abandon.”

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