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单词 knock someone off
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to kill
Several people had a motive to knock her off.
Synonyms
kill
More than 200 people were killed in the disaster.
murder
a thriller about two men who murder a third
do in (slang)
slaughter
They were slaughtered by invaders.
destroy
They could destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
waste (informal)
take out (slang)
execute
massacre
Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
butcher
Our people are being butchered in their own homes.
wipe out (informal)
dispatch
They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.
cut down
erase
assassinate
a plot to assassinate the President
slay
Two Australian tourists were slain.
eradicate
battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus
whack (informal)
do away with
blow away (slang, mainly US)
obliterate
Whole villages were obliterated by the fire.
liquidate
They have not hesitated in the past to liquidate their rivals.
decimate
Pollution could decimate the river's population of kingfishers.
annihilate
The army was annihilated.
neutralize
exterminate
A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.
croak
mow down
take (someone's) life
bump off (slang)
extirpate (archaic)
The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain.
wipe from the face of the earth (informal)
See knock
Seeslay

Nearby words of
knock someone off

  • knock off
  • knock someone about or around
  • knock someone down
  • knock someone off
  • knock someone out
  • knock someone up
  • knock something back

Synonyms of 'knock someone off'

knock someone off

Additional synonyms

in the sense of decimate
Definition
to destroy or kill a large proportion of
Pollution could decimate the river's population of kingfishers.
Synonyms
destroy,
devastate,
wipe out,
ravage,
eradicate,
annihilate,
put paid to,
lay waste,
wreak havoc on
in the sense of destroy
Definition
to put an end to
They could destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
Synonyms
annihilate,
wipe out,
obliterate,
erase,
eradicate,
extinguish,
liquidate,
root out,
exterminate,
nullify,
extirpate (archaic),
wipe from the face of the earth
in the sense of dispatch
Definition
to murder
They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.
Synonyms
kill,
murder,
destroy,
do in (slang),
eliminate (slang),
take out (slang),
execute,
butcher,
slaughter,
assassinate,
slay (archaic, literary),
finish off,
put an end to,
do away with,
blow away (slang, US),
liquidate,
annihilate,
exterminate,
take (someone's) life,
bump off (slang)
in the sense of eradicate
Definition
to destroy or get rid of completely
battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus
Synonyms
wipe out,
eliminate,
remove,
destroy,
get rid of,
abolish,
erase,
excise,
extinguish,
stamp out,
obliterate,
uproot,
weed out,
annihilate,
put paid to,
root out,
efface,
exterminate,
expunge (formal),
extirpate,
wipe from the face of the earth
in the sense of exterminate
Definition
to destroy a group or type of people, animals, or plants completely
A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.
Synonyms
destroy,
kill,
eliminate,
abolish,
eradicate,
annihilate,
extirpate (archaic)
in the sense of extirpate
Definition
to remove or destroy completely
The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain.
Synonyms
wipe out,
destroy,
eliminate,
abolish,
erase,
remove,
eradicate,
excise,
extinguish,
uproot,
annihilate,
root out,
exterminate,
expunge (formal),
deracinate,
pull up by the roots,
wipe from the face of the earth
in the sense of liquidate
Definition
to eliminate or kill
They have not hesitated in the past to liquidate their rivals.
Synonyms
kill,
murder,
remove,
destroy,
do in (slang),
silence,
eliminate (slang),
take out (slang),
get rid of,
wipe out (informal),
dispatch,
finish off,
do away with,
blow away (slang, US),
annihilate,
exterminate,
bump off (slang),
rub out (US, slang)
in the sense of massacre
Definition
to kill people indiscriminately in large numbers
Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
Synonyms
slaughter,
kill,
murder,
butcher,
take out (slang),
wipe out,
slay (archaic, literary),
blow away (slang, US),
annihilate,
exterminate,
mow down,
cut to pieces
in the sense of murder
Definition
to kill someone intentionally and unlawfully
a thriller about two men who murder a third
Synonyms
kill,
massacre,
slaughter,
assassinate,
hit (slang),
destroy,
waste (informal),
do in (informal),
eliminate (slang),
take out (slang),
terminate (slang),
butcher,
dispatch,
slay,
blow away (slang, US),
bump off (slang),
rub out (US, slang),
take the life of,
do to death,
murk (slang)
in the sense of obliterate
Definition
to destroy every trace of
Whole villages were obliterated by the fire.
Synonyms
destroy,
eliminate,
devastate,
waste,
wreck,
wipe out,
demolish,
ravage,
eradicate,
desolate,
annihilate,
put paid to,
raze,
blow to bits,
extirpate (archaic),
blow sky-high,
destroy root and branch,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang),
wipe from or off the face of the earth

Additional synonyms

in the sense of slaughter
Definition
to kill brutally
They were slaughtered by invaders.
Synonyms
kill (informal),
murder,
massacre,
destroy,
do in (slang),
execute,
dispatch,
assassinate,
blow away (slang, US),
annihilate,
bump off (slang)
in the sense of slay
Definition
to kill, esp. violently
Two Australian tourists were slain.
Synonyms
murder,
kill,
assassinate,
do in (slang),
eliminate,
massacre,
slaughter,
do away with,
exterminate,
mow down,
rub out (US, slang)
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