1
as in to faint
to lose consciousness
after three days without eating, he simply conked out
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2
as in to die
to stop functioning
the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere
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3
as in to pass (on)
to stop living
a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conk (out)
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If a person faints, as Cantrell did, that's a sign the disease is advanced, Russo said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026 -
At his recent show in London, sombr paused the program to call out event staff after a fan appeared to faint in the audience without receiving help.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2026
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Investigators would spend weeks building their case, combing through nearly 7,000 texts exchanged over the three months before Harold died.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Cormorants that tried to clean each other with their beaks died after ingesting the viscous muck.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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In the video, Woods can be seen wearing a blue polo shirt and leaning against the patrol car while failing the sobriety tests.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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In other words, when a job requires multiple steps, creativity, or precision, AI replacements are more likely to fail than succeed.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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That’s led to a generation of kids being treated as Big Tech guinea pigs and falling student achievement scores.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The follow-up Saturday just fell short of also being special.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Duprey was speeding down the sidewalk, about to crash into a group of officers, when Duran, in an attempt to stop Duprey, lifted the cooler loaded with ice and drinks and, using both hands, hurled it at the suspect.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The sheriff’s deputy in pursuit also lost control of that vehicle, but did not crash.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Two men died last month within days of each other at Rikers, and 15 people perished in custody last year.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Cookie perished, to say nothing of the dog.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Supporters have their work cut out for them when Congress returns from its two-week recess and has only a matter of days to act before the April 20 expiration.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
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That means Harbaugh has his work cut out for him, not just to rebuild the Giants but to make their team competitive in 2026.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
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So, Hansen stepped in Monday and radioed mission control to describe the selection of a previously unnamed crater in honor of Wiseman's wife Carroll, a nurse who passed away in 2020.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Situated inside a luxury hotel, a good LaMelo Ball alley-oop pass away from Spectrum Center, the architect of the Charlotte Hornets’ resurgence is relaxed momentarily.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Conk (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conk%20%28out%29. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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