Antonyms for knocking down

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : nok

Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

Definition of knocking 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 demolition : noun destruction
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 sketch will show just where to begin this knocking down.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals » by Charles Conrad Sleffel

Mr. Percival is knocking down that horrible thing over there.
Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon

Another man was knocking down the swallows' nests with a bayonet.
Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos

No thought had he of "knocking down" his hard-earned cheque.
Extract from : « Our First Half-Century » by Government of Queensland

It must not be imagined that this knocking down was effected by the movement of the water.
Extract from : « A Ride across Palestine » by Anthony Trollope

They seem to delight in burning or knocking down churches with their cannon.
Extract from : « Captain Ted » by Louis Pendleton

Now, serjeant, I shall see who is your captain, by your knocking down the other.
Extract from : « The Recruiting Officer » by George Farquhar

It has a knob on top, and you can stop it by knocking down the knob with the palm of your hand.
Extract from : « Steel » by Charles Rumford Walker

"But there is no knocking down in the question," said Anthony.
Extract from : « By What Authority? » by Robert Hugh Benson

Thus had I the honor of knocking down the founder of the Brownists.
Extract from : « Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall » by Charles Major

Synonyms for knocking down

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