Synonyms of knock-down, drag-out

knock-down, drag-out

adjective

variants or knock-down-and-drag-out

as in fierce

marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity

the football game was a knock-down, drag-out battle between bitter rivals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fierce
• violent
• ferocious
• furious
• volcanic
• vicious
• hot
• turbulent
• brutal
• explosive
• hammer-and-tongs
• convulsive
• cyclonic
• rabid
• tumultuous
• paroxysmal
• contentious
• stormy
• bang-bang
• tempestuous
• rough
• blood-and-guts
• savage
• hostile
• volatile
• antagonistic
• aggressive
• combative
• barbarous
• belligerent
• pugnacious
• destructive
• assertive
• mad
• combustible
• quarrelsome
• cataclysmic
• frantic
• truculent
• frenzied
• agitated
• bellicose
• ruinous
• gladiatorial
• cataclysmal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• nonviolent
• peaceable
• calm
• serene
• tranquil
• pacific
• halcyon
• nonbelligerent
• unaggressive