knock out
Example Sentences
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Australia is one of the world’s top three LNG exporters, behind Qatar, where strikes have knocked out about one-fifth of the world’s LNG supplies.
After knocking out an electron from the neon atom using soft X-rays, they followed how the system evolved for up to a picosecond, which is extremely long on an atomic timescale, before the decay occurred.
From Science Daily
Jones, 25, had knocked out Venus Williams in the first round despite feeling under the weather but struggled against Pegula.
From BBC
“Now that the money is better, that might knock out several college players in the draft.”
From Los Angeles Times
Bologna await in the quarter-finals after they beat Roma in a thriller and with Lyon, who topped the league phase, knocked out by Celta Vigo, Villa can see their path to glory.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
