Knock Down

Definition: Knock Down

Knock Down

Verb

1. Cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet".

2. Knock down with force; "He decked his opponent".

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Synonyms: Knock Down

Confutation

Noun: {ant } confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument; sockdolager.

Dejection

Depress; discourage, dishearten; dispirit; damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart; frown upon; cast a gloom, cast a shade on; sadden; damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes; weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits; damp the spirits, depress the spirits.

Depression

Overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears.

Destruction

Smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize.

Deterioration

Damnify; (aggrieve); do one's worst; knock down; deal a blow to; play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among; decimate.

Horizontality

Render horizontal; Adjective: lay down, lay out; level, flatten; prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.

Crosswords: Knock Down

Kronk! Quick, on three, knock down this door (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal)

So don't knock down my door (When I come around; performing artist: Green Day)

Knock down the place (Original Prankster; performing artist: The Offspring)

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Books

• Knock down (reference)

• Knock Down Ginger and Other Poems (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Chicago police car moving in to knock down a burning cross after African-American family moved into a previously all white neighborhood. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Travel

Kenya

Local assembly of complete knock down (ckd) kits, especially for electrical and electronic goods, is recommended; this has proven viable in the Kenyan market, and has an import duty advantage. (references)

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Expressions using "knock down": knock down and kill ♦ knock down price ♦ knock down the value of ♦ knock down to ♦ To knock down. Additional references.

Albanian

hedh në tokë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تغلب (beat, conquer, cope, crumple, get over, get past, get the better of, master, negotiate, outdo, overbear, overcome, predomination, pull through, quench, ride, vanquish, whack, worst), ‏صرع (bring down, bump, cut down, floor, pick off, poleaxe, strike, stun). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събарям (bowl over, break down, bring down, demolish, dismantle, fell, fling, fling down, grass, kick over, knock off, lay low, overthrow, prostrate, pull down, push down, push over, rase, raze, ride down, run down, subvert, tear down, throw down), повалям (blow down, bring down, deck, drop, fell, flatten, fling down, floor, hew, lay low, lay out, level, overthrow, pole-ax, precipitate, prostrate, run down, shoot down, stretch out, strike, strike down, throw down, tumble down, zap). (various references)

Czech

srazit k zemi (crash, floor). (various references)

Finnish

kaataa (fell, overturn, pour, scatter, shed, spill, strike down, upset), lyödä maahan, iskeä maahan, ajaa kumoon (run down), ajaa joku kumoon. (various references)

French

démolir, défoncer, battre (knock off, knock out), abattre, écraser (knock out). (various references)

German

niederschlagen (beat down, cast down, down, fell, flatten, knockdown, lower, precipitate, put down, quell, suppress, to condense, to knock down, to knockdown, turn down, waive). (various references)

Greek 

κατακύρωση, κατακυρώνω (award), ρίχνω κάτω (lay low), γκρεμίζω (precipitate, take down), λυομένοσ, αποσυναρμολογώ (disassemble). (various references)

Hebrew 

למוטט (collapse, overthrow, shake), ל�"פיל (bring down, cast, down, drop, fell, lay low, overturn, tackle, throw down), ל�"רוס (run down, run over, stomp, take for a ride). (various references)

Hungarian

kézitusa (grapple, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fighting), leüt (knock off, strike down, strike off, to fell, to knock down, to knock off, to spike, to top off), földre sújtó, földhöz vág (threw, thrown, to floor, to knock down, to lay low, to throw), ökölharc (set-to). (various references)

Indonesian

melanda (attack violently), landa. (various references)

Italian

travolto (run over), atterrare (alight, cast, fell, land, Lodge, poleax, poleaxe, takeoff, throw, touch down), aggiudicare (adjudge, adjudicate, award, win), abbattere (bowl over, break, break down, cut down, deject, demolish, down, fall, fell, flatten, lay, lose heart, overthrow, put down, put to sleep, rase, raze, shoot down, smash down, smash in, throw). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

競り落とす (to knock down the price of), �"ち貫く (to bore into, to hit and hit, to knock down walls, to pierce, to punch, to stamp out), �"ち落す (to knock down, to lop off, to shoot down), �"ち落とす (to knock down, to lop off, to shoot down), �"ち抜く (to bore into, to hit and hit, to knock down walls, to pierce, to punch, to stamp out), �"ち�'す (to defeat, to knock down), �"ちのめす (to beatup, to knock down), 殴り�'す (to knock down), �'�ち落とす (to knock down, to lop off, to shoot down), 張り飛ばす (to knock down, to send flying), 張り�'す (to knock down), �'す (to beat, to blow down, to bring down, to cheat, to defeat, to fell, to kill, to knock down, to leave unpaid, to overthrow, to ruin, to throw down, to trip up), 叩き落とす (to knock down, to knock off), 叩き伏せる (to knock down, to utterly defeat), 叩きのめす (to knock down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たたきおとす (to knock down, to knock off), たたきふせる (to knock down, to utterly defeat), たたきのめす (to knock down), たおす (to beat, to blow down, to bring down, to cheat, to defeat, to fell, to kill, to knock down, to leave unpaid, to overthrow, to ruin, to throw down, to trip up), なぐりたおす (to knock down), うちたおす (to defeat, to knock down), うちおとす (to knock down, to lop off, to shoot down), うちのめす (to beatup, to knock down), うちぬく (to bore into, to hit and hit, to knock down walls, to pierce, to punch, to stamp out), ぶちのめす (to beatup, to knock down), せりおとす (to knock down the price of), はりたおす (to knock down), はりとばす (to knock down, to send flying). (various references)

Pig Latin

ockknay ownday.(various references)

Portuguese

derrubar (down, fell, floor, grass, hew, hew down, knock, lay, overset, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, put down, shoot down, subvert, throw, tumble, unbuild, upset), atropelar (jostle, run over, shove), arrematar em leilão, abater (abased, abater, butcher, deject, depress, discount, dishearten, down, fell, lay, lower, prostrate, rebate, reduce, retrench, shoot down, sink, slaughter, tumble down, unman, weaken). (various references)

Romanian

trânti (bounce, flunk, hit, overthrow, plough, pluck, plump, slam, throw, toss), trântã (plough, wrestle), reduce (abate, abridge, ax, axe, bear down, bring, cancel out, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, draw in, drop, extenuate, fine down, knock off, lessen, lower, make good, narrow down, pare down, prune, recover, reduce, retrench, slacken, stint, stop, unbend, weaken), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), face sã reducã, doborî (beat, bring, bring low, cut down, fell, floor, grass, ground, hew down, overcome, overpower, prostrate, smash, strike down, tip), doborâre, desface (cleave, disassemble, disconnect, disentangle, dismantle, dissolve, free, loose, loosen, open, outstretch, pick up, pry, sever, sprawl, spread, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfold, unfurl, unlace, unloose, unravel, unrig, untie), demola (break down, demolish, destroy, pull down, raze, take down), culca la pãmânt (prostrate), bere tare (bub, lager), adjudeca (adjudge, adjudicate, award, give). (various references)

Russian 

сокрушительный (crushing, shattering, slashing, sledgehammer, smashing), сбивать с ног (knockdown), разборный (collapsable, collapsible, demountable, sectional, take down), крепкое пиво (mum, stingo), нокдаун (knock-down). (various references)

Scottish

leag (lay down, throw down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svaliti (dump, shift, topple), srušiti (crash, overthrow, subvert, topple, tumble), sniziti (abate, demote, humble, lower), otresti (rid, shake, shake down, shake off, whisk), oboriti (bowl over, bring down, chop, fell, kill, lay low, override, overthrow, overturn, roll over, send down, subvert, throw down, topple, trample down, upend, vail), na rasklapanje (collapsable). (various references)

Spanish

rematar (auction, bind, come, kill off, top, top off), rebajar (abase, abate, bring down, cheapen, cut, cut down, debase, decry, deduct, deflate, demean, depress, discount, dismount, dock, gear down, knock off, lessen, lower, mark down, rebate, reduce, take away, take from, take off, talk down, write down), precio de saldo, obsequio (attention, gift, honor, honour, kindness, present, presentation, testimonial, treat), montar (assemble, back, edit, elevate, enter, erect, go in, hack, knit up, lash, Mount, perform, piece together, put on, put together, put up, ride, set, set in, set up, ship, sit), hacer una destrucción, echar por tierra (cast down, dispose of, shatter), destruir (demolish, destroy, encourage, invalidate, kill, pulp, quash, ravage, shatter, smash), derribar (batter down, blow down, break down, bring down, demolish, fell, floor, knock over, lay, lay out, level, overthrow, pull down, take down, throw, topple, upset), demoler (break down, demolish, pull down, snap out, take down, tear off), birlar (bone, knock off, lift, mooch, Nick, nobble, snaffle, sneak, whip), atropellar (be run down, collide, knock over, mob, outrage, push around, run, run down, run over, walk over), acogotar (fell, kill), a montar. (various references)

Swedish

slå ner (beat down, cast down, clobber, flatten, lay out, strike down, swoop down), slå bort (brush away, pass off, put aside, throw away), riva (claw, grate, ravel, rip, rub, scratch, tear, tear down, wreck), pressa ner (send down), montera ner (dismantle, wreck), demolera (demolish). (various references)

Turkish

yere sermek (beat down, down, grass, ground, kayo, knock galley-west, lay low, lay out, lay smb. low, prostrate, send smb. flying, send smb. sprawling), yıkmak (batter down, blast, blow down, break down, confound, dash, demolish, destroy, do for, drag down, explode, extinguish, housebreak, knock over, level, overthrow, pull dawn, puncture, ravage, ruin, shatter, shoot down, split, subvert, take down, unbuild), ucuza satmak (remainder, sell at a discount, undersell), sökmek (cut loose, demount, detach, disassemble, disjoint, dismantle, dismount, Ravel, ravel out, read, rip, rip off, slit, spring, take down, tear down, undo, unfix, unpick, unravel, unrig, unstitch), fiyat kırmak (beat down, cut under, knock off, lower the price, undercut, undersell), devirmek (capsize, chop down, crumple, cut down, defeat, down, give smth. a tip, knock, knock back, knock over, overset, overthrow, overturn, quaff off, revolutionize, shift, strike down, subvert, take down, tilt, tip, topple, topple over, upset), devirme (overturn, overturning, turn over, upset), demonte etmek. (various references)

Turkmen 

яykmak (demolish). (various references)

Ukrainian

кулачний бій (fisticuffs), нокдаун, нищівний удар (smasher), зносити (abide, blow away, demolish, sit down under, take down, tear down, throw down, unbuild, undergo, weather), збити (beat down, bring down). (various references)

occidam, occidamus, occidas, occidat, occidatis, occidatur, occide, occidebant, occidebat, occidebatis, occidendi, occidendum, occidendus, occident, occidente, occidentem, occidentis, occidentium, occidentur, occiderant, occiderat, occidere, occiderem, occiderent, occiderentur, occideres, occideret, occideretis, occideretur, occiderimus, occideris, occiderit, occideritis, occidero, occiderunt, occides, occidet, occidetis, occidetur, occidi, occidimus, occidis, occidisse, occidissem, occidissent, occidisses, occidisset, occidisti, occidistis, occidit, occidite, occiditis, occiditque, occidunt, occisa, occisi, occisis, occisorum, occisos, occisum, occisus. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: knockdown.

-4 letters: codon, condo, knock, known.

-5 letters: conk, conn, cook, coon, dock, down, know, konk, kook, nock, nook, noon, wonk, wood.

+1 letter: knockdowns.