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单词 knock something out
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to destroy
A storm has made roads treacherous and knocked out power supplies.
Synonyms
destroy
The building was completely destroyed.
total (slang)
I broke my collar bone and totalled the bike.
waste
ruin
Roads have been destroyed and crops ruined.
crush
devastate
A fire devastated large parts of the castle.
wreck
Vandals wrecked the garden.
shatter
Something like that really shatters your confidence.
wipe out
dispatch
They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.
dismantle
He asked for immediate help to dismantle the warheads.
demolish
The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway.
trash (slang)
Would they trash the place when the party was over?
desolate
A great famine desolated the country.
raze
Dozens of villages have been razed.
blow to bits
blow sky-high
kennet (Australian, slang)
jeff (Australian, slang)
See knock

Additional synonyms

in the sense of demolish
Definition
to tear down or break up (buildings)
The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway.
Synonyms
knock down,
level,
destroy,
ruin,
overthrow,
dismantle,
flatten,
trash (slang),
total (slang),
tear down,
bulldoze,
raze,
pulverize
in the sense of desolate
Definition
to make barren
A great famine desolated the country.
Synonyms
destroy,
ruin,
devastate,
ravage,
lay low,
lay waste,
despoil (formal),
depopulate
in the sense of devastate
Definition
to damage (a place) severely or destroy it
A fire devastated large parts of the castle.
Synonyms
destroy,
waste,
ruin,
sack,
wreck,
spoil,
demolish,
trash (slang),
level,
total (slang),
ravage,
plunder,
desolate,
pillage,
raze,
lay waste,
despoil (formal)

Nearby words of
knock something out

  • knock something down
  • knock something off
  • knock something or someone back
  • knock something out
  • knock-on effect
  • knockabout
  • knockout

Synonyms of 'knock something out'

knock something out

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dismantle
Definition
to take apart piece by piece
He asked for immediate help to dismantle the warheads.
Synonyms
take apart,
strip,
demolish,
raze,
disassemble,
pull to pieces,
unrig,
take to pieces or bits
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 raze
Definition
to destroy (buildings or a town) completely
Dozens of villages have been razed.
Synonyms
destroy,
level,
remove,
ruin,
demolish,
flatten,
knock down,
pull down,
tear down,
throw down,
bulldoze,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of ruin
Definition
to destroy or spoil completely
Roads have been destroyed and crops ruined.
Synonyms
destroy,
devastate,
wreck,
trash (slang),
break,
total (slang),
defeat,
smash,
crush,
overwhelm,
shatter,
overturn,
overthrow,
bring down,
demolish,
raze,
lay waste,
lay in ruins,
wreak havoc upon,
bring to ruin,
bring to nothing,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of shatter
Definition
to damage badly or destroy
Something like that really shatters your confidence.
Synonyms
destroy,
ruin,
wreck,
blast,
disable,
overturn,
demolish,
impair,
blight,
torpedo,
bring to nought
in the sense of total
I broke my collar bone and totalled the bike.
Synonyms
wreck,
crash,
destroy,
smash,
write off (British),
demolish,
prang (British, informal),
damage beyond repair,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of trash
Definition
to attack or destroy maliciously
Would they trash the place when the party was over?
Synonyms
wreck,
damage,
destroy,
ruin,
mar,
spoil,
deface,
vandalize,
total (informal),
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of wreck
Definition
to break, spoil, or destroy completely
Vandals wrecked the garden.
Synonyms
destroy,
break,
total (slang),
smash,
ruin,
devastate,
mar,
shatter,
spoil,
demolish,
sabotage,
trash (slang),
ravage,
dash to pieces,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
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