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 In that are shades of Woodstock 1994, where Green Day and the crowd flung mud at each other, and Dirnt wound up getting his front teeth knocked out by a security guard who mistook him for a fan. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 There will also be a new WAFCON champion this year after Cameroon knocked out 10-time champions Nigeria with a first-half free-kick goal from 19-year-old defender Maeva Nyadjou. — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026 The storms knocked down trees and power lines, knocked out power in some areas and left residents cleaning up their yards. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Trees could be downed and power knocked out from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 Hajduk Split just wrapped up the preliminary qualification rounds in the UEFA Women's Champions League and while they were knocked out of contention for a qualifying spot there's a lot more soccer left to be played. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Clayton County Water Authority officials said a service disruption that temporarily knocked out water to parts of the county was possibly a cyberattack. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Russia has knocked out every gas station along the roughly 90-mile stretch between Kharkiv and Poltava, according to Kharkiv Regional Council member Oleksandr Skoryk. — Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Israeli air strikes have knocked out electricity throughout the city. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocked out

Verb

In June, more than 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked the main airport in Niamey.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Two other people were killed in Indiana earlier this week during a powerful derecho.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of killed

Verb

Fellow striker Ricardo Pepi tired out the Australian back line all day.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Plus, their fabric and fill are less likely to accrue that ever-darkening yellowish stain that tired goose down pillows acquire over time, thanks to sweat, oils, lotion residues, etc.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of tired

Verb

Both Republicans and Democrats can be found at weekend car-wash fundraisers or local public library potlucks, and members of both parties say they are exhausted by politics or too busy with multiple jobs to volunteer.

— Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
Cinema has lately exhausted the emotional mileage of the Ukraine–EU border, but one wittily choreographed setpiece involving the couple’s border crossing finds in transition an ingenious point of convergence between gender and geography.

— Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

And in British Columbia, Canada, which borders Washington, the Bald Range Fire burned out of control, nearly doubling overnight as residents raced out.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
These new ones don’t need fluorescent lights to illuminate them at night, therefore no catwalks for workers to change out burned out bulbs.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of burned out

Verb

Barbecho’s license had been suspended since April 2025 when he was busted for drunk driving, officials said.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
But Americans who have lost their jobs – or are seeking to bust into the job market for the first time – are struggling to catch a break.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026