I . a.
Cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, pitiless, malignant, malign, malicious, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, Vandalic.
II . v. a.
1.
Prostrate, level, hurl down, knock down, lay prostrate, bring to the ground.
2.
Cut down, hew down, lay low.
3.
Hem ( the lap of a seam ).