knock out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
eliminate
knock out a target
Types & categories
- eliminate hypernym
Sense 2 verb
knock unconscious or senseless
the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds
Types & categories
- beat up hypernym
Related & opposite
- KO derivation
Sense 3 verb
destroy or break forcefully
The windows were knocked out
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Sense 4 verb
overwhelm with admiration
All the guys were knocked out by her charm
Types & categories
- overwhelm hypernym
Sense 5 verb
empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
knocked out a pipe
Types & categories
- empty hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | eliminate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | KO |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | overwhelm |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | empty |