Synonyms for knock down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nok

Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

Top 10 synonyms for knock down

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Définition of knock down

Origin : Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"
At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]

As in introduce : verb make known; present
As in level : verb destroy, demolish
As in minimize : verb make smaller; underrate
As in overthrow : verb defeat, destroy
As in overturn : verb flip over
As in quench : verb destroy, extinguish
As in repel : verb push away; repulse
As in tear down : verb demolish, raze
As in topple : verb fall or knock over; overthrow
As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
As in disassemble : verb take apart
As in bring down : verb reduce or hurt
As in acquaint : verb inform oneself or another about something new
As in unhorse : verb overthrow
As in deflate : verb humiliate
As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
As in demolish : verb destroy; consume
As in dismantle : verb take apart
As in fell : verb chop down
As in flatten : verb level out
As in floor : verb perplex, confound
As in ground : verb restrict; drop in place

Example sentences :

The rest of you knock down the first man who offers to resist.
Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat

Knock down a policeman, and come again when they let you out.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

Might knock down a few with the horse, but that won't hurt 'em to speak of.
Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx

But who did you have to knock down in a dark place so as to steal his money off'n him?
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

"I'll knock down the first man who tries to pass me," he cried.
Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White

Knock down the man at the helm, and jam the tiller down hard!
Extract from : « Salt Water » by W. H. G. Kingston

"You seem to come up smiling after every knock down, Derrick," he said.
Extract from : « Derrick Sterling » by Kirk Monroe

It may fail to hit the mark, but it is sure to knock down the marksman.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs » by R. F. Horton

When your shot is exhausted, knock down the enemy with the stock of your rifle.
Extract from : « Human Bullets » by Tadayoshi Sakurai

And after that, could I knock down any of my crew for being tipsy?
Extract from : « The Maid of Sker » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Antonyms for knock down

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