1
as in fainted
to lose consciousness
after three days without eating, he simply conked out
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2
as in died
to stop functioning
the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere
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3
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked (out)
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When the man fainted, the event came to an abrupt halt.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025 -
The cold open took place in the Oval Office and parodied a recent White House event about cutting the price of weight loss drugs, during which a man fainted behind the president.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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His car was later found abandoned on the Charlestown Bridge, where he was believed to have died by suicide.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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In a news release shared by the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control, officials said that they were called to assist the California Highway Patrol with the ducks after they were found inside a box truck whose owner or guardian had died.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The greatest damage appeared concentrated in the North Bay, where gusty winds felled numerous trees.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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Bills are being paid late, the practice is a frightening level of untidiness, there’s a miniature horse in the study, and Siegfried is passed out on the sofa with some loose woman under a trench coat beside him.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The woman told officers that Moreno had been heavily intoxicated that night and passed out on the floor.—
Kendrick Calfee
January 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons tried but failed to get Peters moved to a federal prison.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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The audit also noted that the shelter had failed to expand medical care, including trap-neuter-return services.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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But after leading by as many as nine in the first half, the Heat collapsed in the second half, and the result was a third consecutive double-digit loss.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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The man then fled from the scene on foot but collapsed at the intersection of Avenue L and Bishop Street.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Department of Homeland Security says the man fled officers in a vehicle but crashed into a parked car and then took off on foot.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
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The man fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car and then ran away on foot, DHS said.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
15 Jan. 2026
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Harold Cunningham/Getty Outside Le Constellation, Federico Gelle, a 17-year-old from Italy's Tuscany region, lit a candle for so many teens his own age who had perished.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of those was a family member of Rory Sykes, who perished in the blaze.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Conked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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