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  • verb transitive To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To put to sleep.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To exhaust.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To complete, especially in haste; 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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