knocking out (Meaning)
knocking out
a blow that knocks out an opponent, to produce roughly or hastily, to make inoperative or useless, technical knockout, to make unconscious, the termination of a boxing match when one boxer has been knocked down and is unable to rise and resume boxing within a specified time, having all or part of a gene eliminated or inactivated by genetic engineering, to cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a baseball game by a batting rally, causing a knockout, to defeat (a boxing opponent) by a knockout, a sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive person or thing, the act of knocking out, sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive, to tire out, something or someone very striking or attractive, to get rid of
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knocking out Sentence Examples
- The boxer's powerful punch knocked out his opponent in the first round.
- The anesthetic knocked out the patient for surgery.
- The intense noise knocked out the electrical system in the house.
- The crash knocked out all the power in the neighborhood.
- The medication knocked out her anxiety and allowed her to relax.
- The excessive workload knocked out the employee and sent her home early.
- The storm knocked out trees and left thousands without power.
- The unexpected news knocked out her senses and left her numb.
- The car accident knocked out the driver and caused the vehicle to flip over.
- The heavy rainfall knocked out the roads and made travel dangerous.
FAQs About the word knocking out
a blow that knocks out an opponent, to produce roughly or hastily, to make inoperative or useless, technical knockout, to make unconscious, the termination of a
washing out, tiring, doing in, draining, burning out,wearing, killing, exhausting, wearing out, breaking
invigorating, energizing, resting,strengthening, activating, vitalizing, rejuvenating,relaxing,unwinding
The boxer's powerful punch knocked out his opponent in the first round.
The anesthetic knocked out the patient for surgery.
The intense noise knocked out the electrical system in the house.
The crash knocked out all the power in the neighborhood.
