1
as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy
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as in to down
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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Instead, hundreds of Russian commandos were slaughtered at Moshchun by a ragged mix of Ukrainian troops, policemen, national guardsmen and regular civilians, some of them armed with nothing more than hand grenades and hunting rifles.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025 -
Birds are dying off — or they're slaughtered — by the thousands.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2025
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As another slate of tornadoes, large hail and destructive wind gusts approaches on Wednesday, see the havoc left from the weekend storms, from wrecked cars and downed powerlines to torn walls and a trampoline blown across a street.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its forces downed three Ukrainian drones overnight over the territory of its western Bryansk region.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The first season ended with Joel making the shocking decision to massacre a group of Fireflies, who planned to use Elle's immunity to make a cure for the infection but at the cost of her life.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Combat can often be janky, with some weapons feeling floaty and imprecise, enemies sometimes bugging out, frozen in place for the party to massacre.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 320.01 to 37,645.59, and the Nasdaq composite sank 335.35 to 15,267.91.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Markets dropped sharply over several days after the President’s announcement.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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But the Bulls got hot from there, knocking down seven 3-pointers in eight minutes to cut the Lakers’ lead to four (107-103).—
Khobi Price,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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Flagg found his rhythm by working inside out, first converting a pair of tough layups around the basket before knocking down his second 3-pointer of the night, assisted by Sion James.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the damage in Nevada, the tornado knocked over eight train cars.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2025
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Costa Rican officials suspect former Yankee's teen son died of 'food intoxication' One of the girls threw a brick that hit their 39-year old mom in the ankle, and the girls' 70-year-old grandmother was knocked over while attempting to protect the mom, the sheriff's office said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Perez dropped it on the concrete landing next to where he was felled.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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Little more than an hour later, he would be felled by an assassin’s bullet.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
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Marketing coach Nicole Osborne hit rock bottom when perimenopause floored her.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Their language is astounding, and the structural decisions each author makes—eliding time and chronology for emotional weight, sometimes, and slowing it down for similar effects in other instances—really floors me.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Mow (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mow%20%28down%29. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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