Synonyms for knocked over

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : nok

Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

Top 10 synonyms for knocked over

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Définition of knocked over

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 prostrate : adj tired, worn
As in jolt : verb surprise; push suddenly
As in knock off : verb steal
As in level : verb destroy, demolish
As in astonish : verb surprise
As in overcome : verb beat, defeat
As in overthrow : verb defeat, destroy
As in overturn : verb flip over
As in plunder : verb ravage, steal
As in prostrate : verb overwhelm; wear out
As in raid : verb attack, pillage
As in stun/stupefy : verb amaze, shock
As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
As in stun : verb shock
As in unhorse : verb overthrow
As in drown : verb submerge in liquid; submerge and die
As in fell : verb chop down

Example sentences :

We often went after wood, and occasionally we knocked over a deer.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

It sounded as though the inmate had knocked over the table and chairs.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

Had he had a long stick in his hand, he could have knocked over several of them.
Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston

Tim fired, and knocked over the stag, while I killed one of the does.
Extract from : « In the Wilds of Florida » by W.H.G. Kingston

At length they got so near, it seemed to me that we might have knocked over the whole of them.
Extract from : « In the Wilds of Florida » by W.H.G. Kingston

Bunny was hit, knocked over, and before he could recover, a dog had him.
Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton

A half-grown cub rushed in and knocked over Japhet and Higgs.
Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard

They knocked over one after the other, till each man was well loaded.
Extract from : « Taking Tales » by W.H.G. Kingston

One he knocked over with his fist, and drawing his bayonet, put the other to flight.
Extract from : « Taking Tales » by W.H.G. Kingston

The first man he cut down, but he was knocked over by the rush of the others.
Extract from : « For Name and Fame » by G. A. Henty

Antonyms for knocked over

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