Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mow_down
1 sense of mow down
Sense 1
massacre, slaughter, mow down -- (kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda")
=> kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")