| VERB | change | knock out | eliminate |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | knock out, knock cold, kayo | knock unconscious or senseless | |
| change | knock out | destroy or break forcefully | |
| emotion | knock out | overwhelm with admiration | |
| change | knock out | empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out |
| Meaning | Eliminate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "knock out a target" | |
| Broader | extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with | Terminate, end, or take out |
| Spanish | destruir | |
| Catalan | eliminar, espatllar | |
| Meaning | knock unconscious or senseless. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to knock out the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | knock cold, kayo | |
| Broader | beat, beat up, work over | Give a beating to |
| See also | knock | deliver a sharp blow or push |
| Spanish | dejar inconsciente, dejar sin sentido, noquear | |
| Nouns | knockout | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious |
| Meaning | Destroy or break forcefully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Catalan | trencar | |
| Meaning | overwhelm with admiration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| Spanish | aturdir, dejar pasmado, pasmar, quedar pasmado | |
| Catalan | deixar parat, esbalair, meravellar | |
| Meaning | Empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | empty | make void or empty of contents |
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