Synonyms for knock out

Synonyms for (verb) knock out

Synonyms: knock out

Definition: destroy or break forcefully

Usage: The windows were knocked out

Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away

Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment


Synonyms: knock out

Definition: empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out

Usage: knocked out a pipe

Similar words: empty

Definition: make void or empty of contents

Usage: Empty the box; The alarm emptied the building


Synonyms: knock out

Definition: eliminate

Usage: knock out a target

Similar words: do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of

Definition: terminate, end, or take out

Usage: Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts


Synonyms: kayo, knock cold, knock out

Definition: knock unconscious or senseless

Usage: the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds

Similar words: work over, beat, beat up

Definition: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Usage: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night; The teacher used to beat the students


Synonyms: knock out

Definition: overwhelm with admiration

Usage: All the guys were knocked out by her charm

Similar words: sweep over, overtake, overwhelm, overcome, overpower, whelm

Definition: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli


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