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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Their children, meanwhile, were euphoric about this ghoulish interruption to their day, although some experienced nausea, and the theater kids, who felt things deeply, wept and fainted, or did their best to faint.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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An 8-year-old has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba believed to have been encountered while swimming in a lake near her home, her family and health officials said.

— Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Four-year-old Mohammed Taha died after an Israeli airstrike hit a house in central Gaza on Sunday, hospital authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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The guide also was passed out at the African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, a popular early voting site among Black voters.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
After the presentation, markers are passed out so parents can write parting notes for their children on the whiteboard.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of passed out

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The booking software also failed The AI agent deserves scrutiny here, but the booking software had a serious weakness too.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
His removal triggered mass protests that lasted for weeks, but ultimately failed to force a reversal of the decision.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Officials did not immediately release the names of those who perished, but Lenore Bangura told ABC Toledo affiliate station WTVG that her mother, Mary Allen, was killed in the explosion.

— Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Before the service began, a worshiper read aloud the names of some 200 parishioners who perished.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of perished

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In May, a Russian drone carrying explosives crashed in the eastern city of Galati, injuring two people and setting fire to an apartment block.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
The plane had taken off from Anchorage and was believed to have crashed on approach to Cape Newenham, Johnson said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

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