mow down

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, eine große Anzahl von Menschen oder Objekten zu töten oder niederzumähen, oft brutal oder wahllos.

A phrasal verb meaning to kill or knock down a large number of people or things, often violently or indiscriminately.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Kill or injure violentlyinformal

   To kill or injure many people or animals in a violent, often vehicular, attack.

   Niedermähen

   • The driver lost control and mowed down several pedestrians.
   • The soldiers were mowed down by machine-gun fire.
   • A truck mowed down a group of protesters.

   Synonymeannihilatebutchercut downgun downmassacrerun downrun overshoot downslaughterwipe out

   Antonymepreserveprotectsavespare

2. Cut down grass or cropsinformal

   To cut down grass, grain, or other plants with a scythe or machine.

   Mähen

   • The farmer mowed down the wheat field with a combine harvester.
   • He mowed down the overgrown grass in the backyard.
   • They mowed down the hay before the rain started.

   Synonymecutmowreapscythetrim

Grundverbmow