mow down

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If someone is mown down, they are killed violently by a vehicle or gunfire. She was mown down on a pedestrian crossing Gunmen mowed down 10 people in one attack
kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
mow down

    Hyphenation

    mow Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    mō daun

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmō ˈdoun/ /ˈmoʊ ˈdaʊn/

    Etymology

    [ 'mau ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, heap, stack, from Old English muga; akin to Old Norse mugi heap.
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