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Princeton's WordNet

  1. knock outverb

    eliminate

    "knock out a target"

  2. knock cold, knock out, kayoverb

    knock unconscious or senseless

    "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"

  3. knock outverb

    destroy or break forcefully

    "The windows were knocked out"

  4. knock outverb

    overwhelm with admiration

    "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"

  5. knock outverb

    empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out

    "knocked out a pipe"

Wiktionary

  1. knock outverb

    To strike or bump (someone or something) out.

  2. knock outverb

    To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.

  3. knock outverb

    To put to sleep.

  4. knock outverb

    To exhaust.

  5. knock outverb

    To complete, especially in haste; knock off.

  6. knock outverb

    To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.

  7. knock outverb

    To eliminate.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of knock out in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of knock out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of knock out in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    We really have no choice. We have to knock out ISIS, i would listen to the generals, but I'm hearing numbers of 20,000 to 30,000.

  2. Ken Dychtwald:

    If we just keep living longer, but we don't knock out this horrible disease, it will be the sinkhole of the century, it will take us down - every country. It will be a horror beyond horrors. And how much do we spend for research on this disease? Hardly anything.

  3. Rupert Svendsen-Cook:

    We don't actually have a race. We go head-to-head. It's 16 drivers with a bracket league and knock-out rounds to a finale head-to-head, we had to carve out or own format and identity because it's quite messy already, so many series.

  4. Donald Trump:

    Jeb is so wrong, you have to knock out ISIS. .... You decide what you have to do after. You can’t fight two wars at one time.

  5. President Mahamadou Issoufou:

    We will beat them, our adversaries, and with a knock-out blow that will be a historical milestone, since it will be the first time that a candidate will win in the first round.


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