mow down
[verb]
Synonyms: massacre, butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, shoot down, slaughter

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mow somebody ↔ down phrasal verb informal (see also mow)

1. to kill large numbers of people at the same time, especially by shooting them:
The soldiers were mown down by machine gun fire.

2. to kill someone by driving into them fast:
He was sentenced to two years in prison for mowing down a nine-year old girl.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mow down
mow down (someone/something)
to violently cause someone or something to fall.
The car skidded along the side of the road and mowed down several mailboxes before coming to a stop.

A young woman was mowed down in a public market by narcotics traffickers.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of mow down (= to cut grasses or grains that fall over as they are cut)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

mow down something
mow down (someone/something)
to violently cause someone or something to fall.
The car skidded along the side of the road and mowed down several mailboxes before coming to a stop.

A young woman was mowed down in a public market by narcotics traffickers.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of mow down (= to cut grasses or grains that fall over as they are cut)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

mow down someone
mow down (someone/something)
to violently cause someone or something to fall.
The car skidded along the side of the road and mowed down several mailboxes before coming to a stop.

A young woman was mowed down in a public market by narcotics traffickers.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of mow down (= to cut grasses or grains that fall over as they are cut)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲