Definitions
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- verb transitive To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- verb transitive, idiomatic To render
unconscious , as by ablow to the head. - verb transitive, idiomatic To put to
sleep . - verb transitive, idiomatic To exhaust.
- verb transitive, idiomatic To
complete , especially inhaste ;knock off . - verb transitive, idiomatic To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
- verb sports To
eliminate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb eliminate
- verb destroy or break forcefully
- verb overwhelm with admiration
- verb knock unconscious or senseless
- verb empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
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synonyms (261)
Words with the same meaning
- KO
- anesthetize
- author
- bang
- bash
- bat
- bat out
- beat
- becharm
- bedaze
- belt
- benumb
- besot
- bewitch
- biff
- block out
- blunt
- bonk
- botch
- bugger
- bungle
- burn out
- call off
- cancel
- captivate
- carry away
- carve
- cast
- charm
- chisel
- chloroform
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clout
- clump
- coauthor
- coldcock
- collaborate
- complete
- compose
- cook
- crack
- create
- cut
- dash
- dash off
- deaden
- deal
- deal a blow
- debilitate
- deck
- defeat
- deflate
- delectate
- delete
- delight
- desensitize
- disarm
- dish
- dispose of
- do anyhow
- do by halves
- do carelessly
- do for
- do in
- do offhand
- do up
- dope
- drop the curtain
- drug
- dull
- editorialize
- efform
- enchain
- enchant
- end off
- enervate
- enrapture
- enravish
- enthrall
- entrance
- etherize
- exhaust
- expunge
- extinguish
- fag
- fag out
- fake up
- fascinate
- fashion
- fatigue
- fetch
- fetch a blow
- figure
- finalize
- finish
- fix
- flag
- fold up
- forge
- form
- formalize
- formulate
- found
- frame
- frazzle
- freak out
- free-lance
- freeze
- fudge up
- gag
- get it over
- get over with
- get through with
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- give the quietus
- hamstring
- handcuff
- harass
- hew
- hit
- hit a clip
- hobble
- hog-tie
- imparadise
- indite
- jab
- jade
- jury-rig
- kayo
- kibosh
- kill
- knead
- knock
- knock cold
- knock dead
- knock down
- knock off
- knock senseless
- knock stiff
- knock together
- knock unconscious
- knock up
- lash up
- lay out
- let have it
- lick into shape
- manacle
- mint
- model
- mold
- muzzle
- narcotize
- novelize
- numb
- obtund
- outwear
- overfatigue
- overstrain
- overtire
- overweary
- palsy
- pamphleteer
- paralyze
- paste
- patch
- patch together
- patch up
- perfect
- plunk
- poke
- polish off
- poop
- poop out
- pound out
- prepare
- produce
- prostrate
- punch
- put paid to
- put to sleep
- ravish
- rough out
- roughcast
- roughhew
- scenarize
- scrag
- sculpt
- sculpture
- scuttle
- send
- set
- settle
- shape
- shoot down
- silence
- sink
- slam
- slap up
- slay
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smite
- snap
- soak
- sock
- stamp
- strangle
- strike
- strike at
- stun
- stupefy
- swat
- swipe
- tailor
- thermoform
- thrill
- throttle
- throw off
- throw on paper
- throw together
- thump
- thwack
- tickle
- tickle pink
- tire
- tire out
- tire to death
- titillate
- torpedo
- toss off
- toss out
- toss together
- transport
- trifle with
- truss up
- tucker
- undo
- use up
- wallop
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear on
- wear out
- weary
- whack
- wham
- whomp up
- whop
- wilt
- wind
- wipe out
- work
- wow
- write
- yerk
- zap
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