
Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)slash, cut downcut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete (v)down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull downcause to come or go down“The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”,
“The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet” (v)mow, cut downcut with a blade or mower“mow the grass” (v)fell, drop, strike down, cut downcause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow“strike down a tree”,
“Lightning struck down the hikers”