CONKED (OUT) Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

conked (out)

verb

past tense of conk (out)

as in fainted

to lose consciousness after three days without eating, he simply conked out

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as in died

to stop functioning the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere

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started (up)

as in fell

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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Kindel, who fainted on the plane, could resume practicing early next week, according to general manager Kyle Dubas.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Szubanski, now 65, immediately fake-fainted and fell to the floor.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of fainted

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Three people died at the scene and a fourth man later died in hospital, regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported, while over a dozen people were injured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in an accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of died

Verb

Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fell

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Since democracy was restored in 1989, no candidate who failed to win the first round of voting has gone on to win the presidency in the second round.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
That plan failed when then-Senate President Susan Wagle refused to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

— Jack Harvel October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of failed

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Eons ago a star up to 30 times the mass of our sun collapsed and perished, forming a black hole.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
In some ski communities, such as Winter Park, entire mountainsides of trees perished, dramatically altering the landscape.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of perished

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Earlier this year, the DA also filed charges against an Aliso Viejo mother, who faces more than seven years in prison, after her 14-year-old son crashed into an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran, resulting in his death in April.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
The Toyota, of which the Chevy’s impact heavily damaged its driver’s side, crashed into a fence west of Columbia Avenue, Fifield said.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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