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Mow down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cut down, especially in large numbers. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    kill a large number of people indiscriminately wordnet
  3. 3
    To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner. broadly, figuratively, transitive

    "[T]heir machine-gunners mowed down wave after wave of counterattacking Chinese."

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