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empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
knocked out a pipe -
eliminate
knock out a target -
knock unconscious or senseless
the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds -
overwhelm with admiration
All the guys were knocked out by her charm -
destroy or break forcefully
The windows were knocked out
How To Use knock out In A Sentence
- These included arts and crafts, swimming, knock out competitions, a trip to the cinema, drama, sports, bowling and a day trip out of town.
- Although a king cobra can grow to 15ft and has enough venom to knock out an elephant, its first instinct is always to run away from humans. Times, Sunday Times
- We have had to knock out two or three to treat them. Times, Sunday Times
- This October, fearless female boxer and health advocate, Laila Ali is partnering with DoSomething. org to knock out teen obesity in the 'Healthy School Challenge.' Laila Ali & DoSomething.org Challenge Kids To Get Fit
- He winked at me and I wanted to knock out a few teeth in that smug smile he flashed at me.
- Unless you regularly knock out a dessert of caramel mille-feuille, mango and gold leaf press and crystalised chilli. Kitchen apps: Great British Chefs
- The most obvious of the lot is the Instant Kill, which is a one-shot, all-or-nothing attempt to knock out your opponent.
- The Coca-Cola Challenge, Knock Out Cup preliminaries, quarter-finals and semis will be played after the end of the league season.
- Raising his brass-bound old whipstock he struck at the prisoner's mouth to knock out the shining prize. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
- The failure of the swamphen extermination project -- expensive in staff time, shotgun shells and gas -- contrasts sharply with a similar effort to knock out a budding population of sacred ibis, a long-legged exotic from Africa that in 2007 was nesting in Palm Beach and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes
