knock down

Speech parts

1. knock down - Verb

2. knock down - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

shatter as if by explosion

knock down with force

cause to come or go down

strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

knock-down

Synonyms

down reduce floor destroy deck blast dump demolish cut down pull down knock over coldcock push down lam level
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Antonyms

carpenter jag found form make right
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Hypernyms

strike beat smash dash

Hyponyms

submarine

Examples

Will rolled up his sleeves. "We'll probably have to knock down the door--" "Or," said Jem, reaching out and giving the knob a twist, "not." The door swung open onto a rectangle of darkness. "Now, that's simply laziness," said Will. Cassandra Clare

Constitutions do not emerge perfectly formed from the brain of the philosopher king, as Mr. Trudeau himself discovered in 1980 and 1981. They are always messy processes that are easier to knock down or tear apart than they are to construct. Bob Rae

Because actually it's really hard to get things made. It takes years. To fight the fights you inevitably have to fight, even when you've produced Harry Potter, you'd better have the commitment and the passion to knock down walls, not take no for an answer. David Heyman

One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply? Geraldo Rivera

Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most science-y sports, because it literally is just a ball and a surface and objects to knock down. Chris Hardwick

I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat. Early Wynn

Close letter words and terms

knock box knock cold knock dead knock down a notch knock down a peg knock down ginger