Thesaurus results for KNOCK OVER

knock over

verb

Definition of knock over

as in to rob

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully he knocked over six convenience stores before getting caught

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as in to drop

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall knocked me over trying to get out the door

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Recent Examples of knock over Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass. — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 It is easily knocked over but practical for indoor use when a flat ground base is too big and a steel pike would damage the floors. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The Bedford County Fire Marshal's Office determined the fire was accidental and said Nanner escaped her enclosure and knocked over a heat fixture, sparking the blaze. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knock over

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock over

Verb

He was convicted of robbing and killing a woman in order to buy drugs in 2004.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked down, beaten, and robbed of her camera equipment by masked settlers in an attack captured on video by other journalists.

— Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of rob

Verb

New Jersey won its second straight to improve to 6-4-0, while the Ducks dropped their fifth in a row to fall to 4-6-0.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Clouds mostly clear out over the weekend as Saturday high temperatures reach 59 in the afternoon and overnight lows drop to 37.

— Hali Smith October 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of drop

Verb

The crisis capped a week of severe weather in which rain swamped dozens of homes in Utah and tornadoes blew off roofs, knocked trees onto houses and downed power lines in Arizona.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Even so, the government abruptly downed hundreds of trees on the course with little warning earlier this month, which critics worry was a pretext for beginning renovations.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of down

Verb

Last week, Ukraine ran out of Patriot interceptors – one of the few defensive weapons capable of knocking down a ballistic missile – leaving it far more vulnerable to Russian attacks.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Seeman appeared to curse at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride, and Hill confronted Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson after being inadvertently knocked down.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of knock down

Verb

Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fell

Verb

Social media giant Meta was hit with a class action lawsuit in Australia on behalf of children and teenagers who allegedly suffered harm over the addictive design features and exposure to harmful content on its platforms Facebook and Instagram.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
For the past few years, Baba Stiltz has been hitting the open road with nothing but a guitar, a tape deck, and a few pedals.

— Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

My lunch companion, aka my perpetually starving 16-year-old son, Nicholas, was floored by how quickly our pagers lit up, beckoning us to come grab grub.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026
Antique mirrors, walls adorned with refined stucco work, and flooring made using traditional Venetian Seminato, an ancient technique involving marble inlays and a polished surface, are some of the key elements of the boutique.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of floor

Verb

That inspired a late-breaking police union endorsement and a surge of corporate cash for McKinney, boosting him to a second-place finish and knocking out Feldstein Soto in a historic rout.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
But now, some of the key data centers at the heart of its technical prowess have been knocked out by Ukrainian drone attacks in the 4 1/2-year-old full-scale invasion, suffering damage that could take a long time to repair.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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