knock down

• abase
• abate
• abbreviate
• abolish
• abrade
• abridge
• accomplish
• accumulate
• accustom
• achieve
• acquaint
• acquire
• advance
• advise
• air
• amass
• annex
• annihilate
• announce
• annul
• apprise
• attain
• attenuate
• bad-mouth
• baffle
• bag
• bang
• bankrupt
• bar
• bare
• bash
• bastinade
• bastinado
• bat
• battering
• beach
• beat
• beat back
• beat down
• beat off
• beating
• belittle
• belt
• bemean
• bewilder
• biff
• blow
• blow down
• bludgeon
• bludgeoning
• body blow
• bop
• bowl down
• bowl over
• box
• break
• break down
• break up
• bring down
• bring in
• bring out
• bring to ruin
• bring up
• bring up short
• broach
• brush off
• buck
• buffet
• bulldoze
• burst
• bust
• capsize
• capture
• carry
• cast aside
• cast down
• catch
• cause to fall
• chase away
• chasten
• cheapen
• check
• choke
• chop
• clap
• clear
• cleave
• clip
• clobber
• clobbering
• clout
• clue
• collapse
• come by
• come out with
• compress
• condense
• confront
• conquer
• constrict
• contemn
• contract
• cool
• counter
• counterblow
• countermand
• counterpunch
• counterstroke
• crack
• crop
• cruncher
• crush
• cudgeling
• cudgelling
• cuff
• curtail
• cut
• cut back
• cut down
• cut down to size
• dab
• damage
• dampen
• dash
• de-escalate
• debase
• debunk
• decimate
• decline
• decrease
• decreased
• decry
• defeat
• deflate
• degrade
• demolish
• demount
• dent
• denudate
• denude
• deplete
• depose
• deprecate
• depreciate
• depress
• depressed
• deprive
• derogate
• descend
• despise
• destroy
• destruct
• detach
• dethrone
• detract
• devastate
• devour
• dilapidate
• diminish
• dip
• dis
• disaggregate
• disarrange
• disarray
• disarticulate
• disassemble
• disclose
• discomfit
• disconcert
• disconnect
• discount
• disengage
• disjoin
• disjoint
• dismantle
• dismember
• dismiss
• dismount
• disorder
• disown
• disparage
• dispirit
• dispute
• disrobe
• dissever
• disturb
• disunite
• divest
• divide
• divulge
• do a pratfall
• do away with
• do the honors
• dock
• douse
• down
• downplay
• downscale
• downsize
• draw
• drive away
• drive back
• drive off
• drop
• dropped
• drubbing
• duel
• dumbfound
• dump on
• dwarf
• dwindle
• earn
• ease
• eat
• end
• enlighten
• equalize
• eradicate
• even out
• exterminate
• fall
• fall headlong
• falter
• familiarize
• fell
• fend off
• fight
• fill in
• fillip
• fix up
• flatten
• flogging
• floor
• flop
• flush
• force back
• force off
• founder
• gain
• garner
• gash
• get
• get things rolling
• get-together
• give cold shoulder to
• give introduction
• go belly up
• go down
• gobble up
• grade
• gross
• ground
• habituate
• hack
• hammer
• hammering
• hand
• harbinger
• haymaker
• herald
• hew
• hit
• hit the dirt
• hold back
• hold off
• hook
• humble
• inform
• injure
• intro
• introduce
• invalidate
• invert
• iron out
• jab
• jumble
• kayo
• keel
• keel over
• keep at bay
• keep off
• kick
• kick in the teeth
• kick off
• kill
• knee
• knock
• knock out
• knock over
• knockout
• ko
• lambasting
• land
• larrup
• lash
• lay
• lay low
• lead into
• lead off
• left
• lessen
• let down easy
• let know
• let wind out of sails
• level
• lick
• licking
• liquidate
• lose footing
• lose it
• low
• lower
• lurch
• make
• make familiar
• make light of
• make little of
• mangle
• mess up
• miniaturize
• minimize
• moderate
• modify
• modulate
• moisten
• moot
• mortify
• mow
• mow down
• murder
• net
• nick
• nonplus
• nose-dive
• notify
• nullify
• obliterate
• obtain
• occupy
• offer
• one-two
• open
• open up
• oppose
• originate
• oust
• overbalance
• overcome
• overpower
• overrun
• overthrow
• overturn
• overwhelm
• pan
• pare
• parry
• part out
• paste
• pasting
• pave the way
• pelt
• pick
• pick up
• pitch
• plane
• plaster
• play down
• plummet
• plump
• plunge
• poke
• pooh-pooh
• poor-mouth
• post
• pound
• pounding
• precede
• preface
• present
• prevent
• procure
• propose
• prostrate
• prune
• pull down
• pulverize
• pummeling
• pummelling
• punch
• puncture balloon
• purge
• push back
• put an end to
• put away
• put down
• put forward
• put in toilet
• put out
• put to flight
• puzzle
• qualify
• quash
• quell
• rabbit punch
• rack up
• rap
• raze
• reacquire
• realize
• reap
• reattain
• rebuff
• rebut
• recapture
• receded
• recommend
• reduce
• refuse
• regain
• reject
• remake
• repeal
• rescind
• resist
• retrench
• reveal
• reverse
• right
• right-hander
• rive
• roll
• roundhouse
• ruin
• run down
• sag
• score
• scorn
• secure
• separate
• set aside
• set forth
• sever
• shatter
• shiver
• shoot
• shoot down
• shorten
• shrink
• sidewinder
• sink
• skid
• slam
• slap
• slash
• slay
• slip
• slog
• slug
• slump
• smack
• smash
• smash up
• smite
• smooth
• smother
• snuff out
• sock
• spank
• spill
• split
• spread out
• spring with
• squash
• stagger
• stand up against
• start ball rolling
• stave off
• stifle
• stinger
• stoop
• straighten
• strand
• strike
• strike down
• strip
• stripe
• stroke
• stumble
• stump
• subdue
• subjugate
• submit
• subvert
• sucker punch
• suggest
• sunder
• suppress
• swat
• swing
• swipe
• switch
• take a header
• take apart
• take down
• take out
• take over
• take to pieces
• tear down
• teeter
• tell
• terminate
• thrashing
• throw
• throw down
• thud
• thump
• thwack
• tip
• tip over
• topple
• torpedo
• toss
• total
• totter
• trample
• trash
• traverse
• trim
• trip
• trivialize
• truncate
• tumble
• turn down
• turn over
• turn upside down
• under
• underestimate
• undermine
• underplay
• undo
• unhorse
• unrig
• unseat
• unsettle
• upend
• uppercut
• upset
• upturn
• usher
• vanquish
• ventilate
• void
• wallop
• walloping
• ward off
• warn
• waste
• wax
• welt
• whack
• whale
• wham
• whap
• whip
• whipping
• whittle
• whop
• win
• wipe off map
• wipe off the map
• withstand
• wound
• wrack
• wreck

• accept
• accord
• admire
• aggrandize
• agree
• aid
• allow
• amplify
• approve
• ascend
• assemble
• assist
• attract
• augment
• bear
• begin
• blow up
• boost
• break
• build
• build up
• clarify
• clear up
• close
• close up
• clothe
• combine
• commend
• complement
• compliment
• conceal
• construct
• cover
• create
• deceive
• delude
• deny
• develop
• dilate
• dissatisfy
• dissuade
• distend
• draw
• dry
• elevate
• elevated
• elongate
• encourage
• end
• enhance
• enlarge
• enlighten
• erase
• erect
• escalate
• escalated
• establish
• exalt
• expand
• explain
• explicate
• extend
• extract
• extreme
• fail
• falsify
• fasten
• finish
• fix
• forfeit
• free
• full
• give
• give in
• give up
• go up
• grant
• grow
• hand over
• heighten
• heightened
• help
• hide
• high
• hold
• hold back
• honor
• improve
• incite
• increase
• increased
• inflate
• inflated
• institute
• intensify
• join
• keep
• laud
• lengthen
• let go
• liberate
• lift
• lose
• make uneven
• maximize
• maximized
• maximum
• mend
• mislead
• misrepresent
• order
• over
• overestimate
• overfilled
• overflowing
• overfull
• overlarge
• overloaded
• overrate
• oversize
• oversized
• pass
• pay
• peaked
• permit
• pitch
• place
• please
• praise
• produce
• prolong
• protract
• put
• put together
• raise
• raised
• rebuild
• redouble
• refuse
• release
• relinquish
• repair
• restore
• retreat
• rise
• round
• sanction
• secrete
• set
• sky-high
• start
• straighten
• strengthen
• subtract
• supplement
• support
• suppress
• surrender
• swell
• take away
• uncompress
• unite
• up
• upgrade
• uphold
• utmost
• validate
• value
• withhold
• yield

• verb
  1. To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
  2. To demolish.
  3. At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.
  4. To reduce the price of.
  5. To drink fast.
  6. (usually passive) To disassemble for shipment.

• The strong wind could knock down the old fence easily.
• He managed to knock down all the pins in the bowling game.
• The protesters tried to knock down the barriers blocking their path.
• She was determined not to let anything knock down her spirit.
• The demolition team will knock down the abandoned building next week.

abate

earn

ease

gain

kayo

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