meja ner

Swedish

Alternative forms

Verb

meja ner (present mejar ner, preterite mejade ner, supine mejat ner, imperative meja ner)

  1. to mow down (kill, slaughter, or destroy in a brutal fashion)
    Han mejades ner av en lastbil / Han blev nedmejad av en lastbil
    He was mowed down by a truck
    Actionhjälten mejade ner ett helt kompani av soldater med maskingeväret
    The action hero mowed down an entire company of soldiers with his machine gun

Usage notes

Brutal-sounding, like in English.

Conjugation

Conjugation of meja (weak)
active passive
infinitive meja ner mejas ner
supine mejat ner mejats ner
imperative meja ner
imper. plural1 mejen ner
present past present past
indicative mejar ner mejade ner mejas ner mejades ner
ind. plural1 meja ner mejade ner mejas ner mejades ner
subjunctive2 meje ner mejade ner mejes ner mejades ner
present participle nermejande
past participle nermejad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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