mow down
phrasal verb
mowed down; mowed down or mown down; mowing down; mows down
informal
: to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way
The soldiers were mowed down by machine guns.
The car mowed down four pedestrians.
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Read is accused of mowing down Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend, with her Lexus LX570 SUV in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him to die on the front lawn of 34 Fairview Road in Canton at the beginning of what would become a historic snowstorm.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Brooks claimed to be a sovereign citizen and represented himself in court after mowing down innocent people and killing six at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the mainstream media would like our officers to stand there and be mowed down instead of defending themselves?
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
As for Jones’ concern about drivers being able to legally mow down protesters, that’s not the case, said Alana Greer, director of the Community Justice Project.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Brooks claimed to be a sovereign citizen and represented himself in court after mowing down innocent people and killing six at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the mainstream media would like our officers to stand there and be mowed down instead of defending themselves?
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
As for Jones’ concern about drivers being able to legally mow down protesters, that’s not the case, said Alana Greer, director of the Community Justice Project.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for mow down
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“Mow down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow%20down. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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