Mow Down (Verb)
Meaning
Kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- In a chaotic moment, the shooter began to mow down everyone at the shopping mall with no apparent motive or discrimination.
- Terrorists armed with machine guns mowed down the innocent civilians trapped in the airport terminal during the hostage situation.
- During World War II, allied forces were initially unable to hold off the enemy whose weapons seemed to mow down their comrades at an alarming rate.
- The police had been issued a warning earlier that the activists were planning to mow down law enforcement if their demands weren't met.
- This dark era in our nation's history witnessed government forces mowing down protesters who were calling for the ousting of the ruling regime.