scythed
Cut with curve
Scythed describes something equipped with or cut by a scythe—the long-handled blade traditionally used to mow grass or grain.
A scythed chariot had blades projecting from its wheels.
More commonly, the word describes sweeping, blade-like motion: The helicopter's rotors scythed through the air.
He scythed through the tall grass.
Cutting crops for collection
- mowingTrimming grass short
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- swathWide strip or area
- sheavesBound clusters of stalks
grain · wheat · barley · rye · oats · haymaking · meadow · field
Ancient horse-drawn fighter's vehicle
- cavalryMounted military force
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- slaughterKilling for meat
- carnageWidespread violent death
massacre · mowed down · cut down · decimated · cleaved · hacked · infantry · horsemen
reaping
Cutting crops for collection
sheaves · grain · wheat · barley · rye · oats · haymaking · meadow · field · autumn
chariot
Ancient horse-drawn fighter's vehicle
- cavalryMounted military force
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- slaughterKilling for meat
carnage · massacre · mowed down · cut down · decimated · cleaved · hacked · infantry · horsemen · Persians
sweep
Brush clean with broom
swinging · cleaving · arcing · swing · stroke · follow-through · backswing · rhythmic
death
Cessation of life
- Grim ReaperSkeletal embodiment of mortality
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- cloakSleeveless outer wrap
afterlife · underworld · specter · phantom · doom · fate · macabre · morbid · ominous · foreboding
scytheduncut
Not reduced or shortened
unharvested · unreaped · ungathered · untrimmed · planted