"mow down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mow down.wav Forms: mows down [present, singular, third-person], mow downing [participle, present], mow downed [past], mown down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|||mown down}} mow down (third-person singular simple present mows down, present participle mow downing, simple past mow downed, past participle mown down)
  1. (transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Violence Translations (to cut down): niittää (Finnish), niedermähen (German), löövvä (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-mow_down-en-verb-YlMhBDwe Disambiguation of Violence: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'to cut down': 90 10
  2. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner. Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (to kill or slaughter): niittää (Finnish), niittää kuolemaa (Finnish), niedermähen (German), ceifar (Portuguese), meja ner (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mow_down-en-verb-LCSiERyV Disambiguation of Death: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'to kill or slaughter': 19 81
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