Synonyms for knock down
knock down

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1. knock downverb

   Synonyms:
   reduce, demolish, destroy, knock over, sell

2. knock downverb

   To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls

   As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.

   Synonyms:
   demolish, sell, destroy, reduce, knock over

3. knock downverb

   To demolish.

   We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.

   Synonyms:
   knock over, sell, demolish, reduce, destroy

4. knock downverb

   At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.

   The picture was knocked down for .

   Synonyms:
   sell, knock over, demolish, destroy, reduce

5. knock downverb

   To reduce the price of.

   They knocked it down by another , so we bought it.

   Synonyms:
   sell, demolish, destroy, reduce, knock over

6. knock downverb

   To drink fast

   I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.

   Synonyms:
   demolish, reduce, sell, knock over, destroy

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1. knock-down(a), powerfulverb

   strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

   "a knock-down blow"

   Antonyms:
   weak

2. down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull downverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   land, push down, bring down, pull down, coldcock, mow, raze, trim down, slash, tear down, deck, take down, go through, cut out, dismantle, cut, belt down, trim back, trim, floor, fell, fine-tune, shoot down, cut down, kill, reduce, toss off, pour down, level, bolt down, drink down, cut back, strike down, down, refine, drop, pop, devour, dump, consume, rase, polish, blast

   Antonyms:
   weak

3. deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floorverb

   knock down with force

   "He decked his opponent"

   Synonyms:
   grace, bedeck, adorn, blow out of the water, dump, deck, push down, decorate, shock, down, cut down, underprice, ball over, embellish, pull down, coldcock, ditch, bedight, beautify, floor, plunge, take aback, blast

   Antonyms:
   weak

4. blast, knock downverb

   shatter as if by explosion

   Synonyms:
   crucify, coldcock, dump, deck, down, cut down, blare, pillory, push down, pull down, nail, savage, shoot, floor, boom, shell, blast, smash

   Antonyms:
   weak

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1. knock down

   Synonyms:
   fell, prostrate

2. knock down

   Synonyms:
   knock off (by auction)

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1. knock down

   Synonyms:
   fell, floor, prostrate

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knock down

   Synonyms:
   Gene knock down

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How to use knock down in a sentence?

1. Jere Simpson:

   We thought that if we could just knock down one really big client, we could pay for the whole workforce, and anything we made past that would be extra profit.

2. Jack Nunge:

   Ever since Jonas has taken over as head coach, we haven’t really had any out-of-bounds plays, i tried to call — look at the bench and call a simple one everybody knows, and Colby looked at me and said he was going to throw me the ball, and I was fortunate enough to knock down the shot.

3. Joseph Wu:

   The Apple Daily in Hong Kong is a symbol of independent journalism, and the Chinese government's motivation is to knock down that symbol. It is very sad for me to see what's happening, taiwan is already a democracy.

4. Sean King Park Strategies:

   Beijing will express total outrage at the [UN tribunal] ruling, refusing to acknowledge its validity. Vietnam and others will politely applaud a favorable Manila ruling, as it’ll knock down Beijing a peg or two and thus, at least rhetorically, strengthen their own posture versus Beijing.

5. Ben Carson:

   We're not in the era now where you send, you know, big armies to fight or, you know, air forces. We're in a place where you use a jet plane as a missile to knock down buildings; where dirty bombs can be used to extinguish large numbers of people, there are lots of different techniques that you use -- cyber-attacks, attacking our electrical grid.