knock out

Example Sentences

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Particularly fierce solar storms can knock out satellites and threaten astronauts -- and create dazzling auroras in the skies known as the northern or southern lights.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

So don’t expect $28 tickets for finals or knock out rounds to the most in-demand sports including women’s artistic gymnastics, basketball, swimming or track and field to be sold at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Second, do we need to have the ability to knock out all of their missile sites in order to deter nuclear war?

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

This time, Tien needed only three sets to knock out the former U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

The VC would try to knock out communications.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge