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KNOCK OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destroy or break forcefully
Example:
The windows were knocked out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
Example:
knocked out a pipe
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
empty (make void or empty of contents)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Eliminate
Example:
knock out a target
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Knock unconscious or senseless
Example:
the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds
Synonyms:
kayo; knock cold; knock out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to knock out the prisoners
Derivation:
knockout (a blow that renders the opponent unconscious)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Overwhelm with admiration
Example:
All the guys were knocked out by her charm
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
overcome; overpower; overtake; overwhelm; sweep over; whelm (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
