knock down
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Verb (3)
- cause to come or go down“The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”“The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet”Synonyms: downcut downpush downpull downMore general strikeMore specific submarine
- knock down with force“He decked his opponent”Synonyms: deckcoldcockdumpfloorMore general beat
- shatter as if by explosionSynonyms: blastMore general smash, dash
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aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Knock′ down′ noun
1. To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant.
2. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction; as, the vase was knocked down at two thousand dollars.
3. To take apart; to disassemble; as, to knock down a rifle for cleaning.
4. To reduce or discount the price of; as, the dresses were knocked down to twenty dollars.
5. To earn (an income). “plumbers who knock down over a hundred thousand a year.”
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors