KNOCKED OUT Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

knocked out

verb

past tense of knock out

as in killed

to use up all the physical energy of the entire staff knocked itself out getting the project finished on time

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Recent Examples of knocked out Oklahoma City won the championship two years ago, and they were knocked out by the Spurs last year. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Had Coker scored, Tremble would have been the boxer who got knocked out. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026 The Florida Gators staggered into Texas on Saturday looking like a punch-drunk prizefighter who had spent the previous two weeks getting his teeth knocked out, his nose rearranged and his dignity dragged through the mud. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026 Russian strikes across nine Ukrainian regions wounded at least 15 people and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of households as winter approaches. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 But Russian strikes this week knocked out electricity to 600,000 Ukrainians, and reportedly killed more than 100 people. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026 Many ships are now loaded with crude oil, rather than diesel, after Iranian strikes on Gulf countries earlier this year knocked out a substantial share of the Middle Eastern refining capacity. — Michel Robe, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 The fearsome Inter, the ‘Bank of Italy’ club who had knocked out Real Madrid in the quarters, were to be the opponents in Lisbon. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 That gas expansion has now been delayed — an Iranian attack on the Ras Laffan complex knocked out about 17% of its existing capacity. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocked out

Verb

Two women, ages 50 and 60, were killed and dozens of other people were wounded in a Russian strike on a market in Lozova, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional military administration.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Samuels was killed just minutes after posting about Wright's abuse on social media.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of killed

Verb

Ramaswamy wore what appeared to be a knock-off Ohio State jersey to the school’s home opener in August and took heat from Buckeyes fans in his X comments.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
The two even wore jewelry and fake nails to really emulate PinkPantheress, 25, and Larsson, 28.

— Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of wore

Verb

Trump is waging a campaign in the final moments of the midterm election to quell discontent among farmers, truckers and drivers exhausted by $4 gas and near-record diesel.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
In an interview with the Financial Times, published today, Zelenskyy indicated his own patience had been exhausted.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

Prioritizing scripts over corporate synergy should be music to the ears of cinephiles burned out on Marvel’s assembly-line approach to storytelling.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026
Godrich was attempting to move toward retirement, and Harrison was burnt out.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of burned out

Verb

But Jess Ralston, a senior energy analyst at Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, a non profit focused on climate change, said that 90% of the oil and gas has already been drained from the North Sea basin.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Salvador has treated patients whose infections formed pockets of pus that had to be drained to protect their vision.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of drained

Verb

Galaxies, nebulas and other deep space objects become more detailed when they're not washed out by skyglow.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Water from a massive swell — double the size that was initially predicted — blasted through 20-foot berms erected at the Wedge and washed out roads from about 21st Street to 6th Street, officials said.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of washed out

Verb

On Monday, the soldiers were still missing, leading to an aggressive search by angry gang-force soldiers who busted the gate of a local business searching for gang members and flew over the area in helicopters.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
California crime The LAPD busted a secret network of brothels — but hasn’t arrested the owner.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026