knocked out
Example Sentences
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Most other forms of communication were knocked out that day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Americans knocked out their quarterfinal opponents 108-56, notching the team’s 34th consecutive win in World Cup play since 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Nepal army rescued two men alive from a tunnel at a hydropower project nine days after a deadly debris-laden flood knocked out homes and power plants, and left more than 1,250 people dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In 2009, the Brazilian knocked out American Gina Carano to win the Strikeforce featherweight title in a landscape-shifting moment for MMA.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
And now that Russia had been knocked out of the war, the Germans were sending huge numbers of troops to challenge the outnumbered Allies on the Western Front.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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