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knockout

noun as in a blow that knocks unconscious

noun as in a striking person or thing

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The Obama team has won the first round on the six-month agreement with Iran by a knockout.

Indeed, when asked about the “knockout game,” law enforcement has been skeptical.

With the “knockout game,” we have several cases in a handful of cities, as well as five reported deaths.

Have teenagers adopted a new game of random assaults, with the goal of a one-hit “knockout”?

She deliver a knockout performance, helping her clear the second big hurdle: living up to expectations.

I hunched my right shoulder and aimed a stiff knockout jolt at the officer's jaw.

I set myself and sent a short knockout punch against his chin.

The effects of a knockout blow, however deftly administered, do not last long.

For the first time in five-and-twenty years of fighting, clean and dirty, Fergus McLaughlin had taken a knockout.

But Frank Brooks wasn't full of knockout drops this time, and with a clear head he was no pushover.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to knockout, such as: technical knockout, blow, kayo, ko, tko, and cold pack.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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