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 Players from both benches continued to flock from the bullpen onto the field, and several players’ helmets were knocked off during the incident. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 Spain will take on defending champion Argentina in the championship game on Sunday after the Spaniards upset France and Argentina knocked off England in the semis. — Bob Harkins, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Porro broke free for the second goal and received a pass back from Olmo, who got the touch just before getting knocked off his feet by defender Dayot Upamecano. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 For the second goal, Porro broke free and received a pass back from Olmo, who got the touch just before getting knocked off his feet by defender Dayot Upamecano. — Stephen Hawkins, AJC.com, 14 July 2026 The Braves knocked off Corona Centennial in the championship game. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Still undersized for his height, Essengue was knocked off his line by bulkier forwards such as Boozer while attempting to drive baseline to the basket. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 Emmerich, who reached the semis last year, knocked off Max McColgan of Nashawtuc CC, 4 and 3. — Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 9 July 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

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During the video, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked directly through the scene, stopped, beat their chest, and walked away.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Towa might not share her girlfriend’s passion for musicals, but that hasn’t stopped Rapp from dragging her to them anyway.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

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The train station hulked behind barbed wire, abandoned for years, both witness to and eight million bricks’ worth of evidence of Detroit's near-collapse.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Niccol’s plan involved hiring more workers to cut down on long wait times, which in some cases had gotten so bad people abandoned their orders altogether .

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of abandoned

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At public institutions, the average amount that a student pays now after all the discounts and everything is subtracted is only about $2,300 according to the college board.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 July 2026
The report then stripped out liabilities, which includes mortgage debt, of $5 trillion and subtracted the wealth of the top 1%, estimated at $28 trillion.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of subtracted

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Thus within Haitian culture, zombies were victims, robbed of independent will by cruel masters.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
An elderly Parker County man was beaten and robbed by a woman who gained access to his home after pretending to be a police officer, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Saturday.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026

Definition of robbed

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In the days after the Zacatecas slayings, a mayor was assassinated in his office in the central state of Morelos and a journalist was shot dead in Oaxaca, in the south.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
What happened Vance Boelter, the man who assassinated former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband at their home last summer, was sentenced on Thursday to two life terms plus 40 years in prison.

— Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 24 July 2026

Definition of assassinated

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The site became available on the heels of two bankruptcies and the ultimate implosion of Rite-Aid, which ceased operations in October 2025 after closing all of its remaining physical stores.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Her room was undecorated and gray, crowded with machines whose chorus of irritating beeping never ceased.

— Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026

Definition of ceased

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They're expressed as a percentage of your investment and deducted automatically.

— Elizabeth Gravier,Dan Avery, CNBC, 16 July 2026
The site does the advertising, booking and payment collection in exchange for a 30% fee that’s deducted from the teacher’s earnings.

— Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026