Synonyms of mowing (down)

mowing (down)

verb

present participle of mow (down)

1

as in slaughtering

to kill on a large scale

machine guns mowed down the advancing troops without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughtering
• murdering
• massacring
• executing
• slaying
• destroying
• dispatching
• wiping out
• butchering
• assassinating
• doing in
• blotting out
• eradicating
• wasting
• demolishing
• exterminating
• devastating
• felling
• smiting
• snuffing
• annihilating
• decimating
• croaking

2

as in downing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downing
• bowling (down or over)
• dropping
• knocking over
• knocking down
• hitting
• flooring
• levelling
• slapping
• knocking out
• slamming
• smacking
• banging
• leveling
• punching
• felling
• pounding
• toppling
• throwing down
• prostrating
• poking
• thumping
• overthrowing
• kayoing
• whacking
• pasting
• bashing
• jabbing
• hammering
• swiping
• swatting
• slugging
• socking
• KO'ing
• whaling
• belting
• smiting
• clobbering
• bludgeoning
• slogging
• walloping
• thwacking