KNOCKED OFF Synonyms: 244 Similar and Opposite Words

knocked off

verb

past tense of knock off

as in stopped

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end knock it off!

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as in abandoned

to stop doing (something) permanently decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background

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as in subtracted

to take away (an amount or number) from a total a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

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as in robbed

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years

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Recent Examples of knocked off Some headstones around it have been knocked off their bases. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 The club also knocked off 30 per cent, which probably helped convince a lot of fans to return. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Chip stocks rose more than 5% on Monday, following a selloff last week that knocked off more than $1 trillion in market value. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 8 June 2026 Prior to the quarterfinal bout, Milton (14-6) entered as a dark horse in the tournament, having knocked off a series of perennial heavyweights this spring. — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026 Especially in a period of economic uncertainty, that stability can mean the difference between weathering a bad year and being knocked off course. — Sentry Insurance, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 If the act of reading a story is the coming together of reader and writer, the creation of a delicate channel between subjectivities, what happens to that provisional bond when our proxy is knocked off? — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Stellar industrial design, premium build quality, and high-octane silicon make this a top choice, especially for this price with $315 knocked off! — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026 Pulisic nearly scored again in the 63rd minute, but his quick shot off a nice pass from Berhalter was knocked off the goalpost by Turkey goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir, and Brenden Aaronson botched the resulting sitter. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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To the moon All the political developments of the last 24 hours have not stopped stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting 53,000 for the first time ever.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Not even the relentless defense chants summoned from the Sparks’ MCs stopped her.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of stopped

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Saipov, who had rented a truck and planned to target a Manhattan parade, found the route blocked by these barriers and abandoned that plan.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
They are being abandoned not just by Thomson but by large segments of their original audience.

— Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of abandoned

Verb

Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering, 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of robbed

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Louis Farrakhan, who is now 93, stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.

— Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Louis Farrakhan stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.

— Julie Carr Smyth, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Definition of assassinated

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Herzog won a power struggle in the front office, then quit anyway, amid disputes with ownership.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The much-ballyhooed heavyweight boxing match between Mike Tyson and Andrew Golota ends abruptly when Golota quits after the second round; later Golota is hospitalized with a concussion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026