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knock-down, drag-out

adjective

variants: or knock-down-and-drag-out

Synonyms and Antonyms of knock-down, drag-out

marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity

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

Synonyms of knock-down, drag-out

bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic

Words Related to knock-down, drag-out

barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious

antagonistic, hostile

aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

combustible, volatile

agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad

cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous

Near Antonyms of knock-down, drag-out

calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquil

nonbelligerent, unaggressive

Antonyms of knock-down, drag-out

nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful

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