verb
Meaning 1
To cut down, especially in large numbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
mow down
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verb
Meaning 2
To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: massacre, slaughter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: niittää — to cut down
- German: niedermähen — to cut down
- Ingrian: löövvä — to cut down
- Polish: nasiec — to cut down
- Polish: naciąć — to cut down
- Polish: nakosić — to cut down
- Polish: nażąć — to cut down
- Finnish: niittää — to kill or slaughter
- Finnish: niittää kuolemaa — to kill or slaughter
- German: niedermähen — to kill or slaughter
- Polish: nasiec — to kill or slaughter
- Portuguese: ceifar — to kill or slaughter
- Swedish: meja ner — to kill or slaughter