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Noun: knockdown  'nók,dawn
  1. A blow that knocks the opponent off their feet
    "The boxer's powerful right hook resulted in a knockdown";
    - knock-down
Adjective: knockdown  'nók,dawn
  1. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled
    "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store";
    - knock-down
     
  2. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
    "a knockdown blow";
    - knock-down, powerful
     
  3. [Brit, informal] (of prices) extremely low or reduced
    "The store offered knockdown prices during the clearance sale";
    - knock-down [Brit, informal]
Verb: knock down  nók dawn
  1. Knock down with force
    "He knocked down his opponent";
    - deck [informal], coldcock [N. Amer, informal], floor
     
  2. Cause to come or go down
    "she was knocked down by a bus";
    - down [informal], cut down, push down, pull down
     
  3. Destroy or completely remove a building or structure
    "They knocked down the old factory";
    - level, raze, rase [archaic], dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down, flatten, demolish

Derived forms: knocking down, knockdowns, knock-downs, knocked down, knocks down

See also: collective, strong

Type of: beat, blow, destroy, destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], strike, uncreate [literary]

Encyclopedia: Knockdown

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