bowled (down or over)

verb

past tense of bowl (down or over)
as in downed
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowled (down or over)
  1. downed
  2. dropped
  3. knocked over
  4. knocked down
Verb
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said 379 drones were downed across 19 regions.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • The deaths span drone strikes in Kuwait, a missile attack on a Saudi air base, a refueling crash over Iraq, a helicopter downed in the Arabian Sea and missile defenses in Jordan.
    — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of downed
Verb
  • In October 2025, Baumgarten dropped his claims against both Opera Carolina and Williams, court documents show.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office later dropped the felony count.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
Definition of dropped
Verb
  • The strong gales knocked over a Waffle House sign onto a car in Panama City Beach, Florida.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Burke piles fascinating shuffling sounds on top, invoking a quiet scuffle, maybe some cardboard boxes being knocked over in a storage space.
    — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
Definition of knocked over
Verb
  • With this World Cup and its even bigger numbers, overwhelming media coverage and an American team that actually came with expectations, doors were knocked down.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Contra Costa County firefighters knocked down a separate pair of residential fires in Pittsburg and Antioch on Friday and Saturday in which three people were hospitalized.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
Definition of knocked down
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