knockdown
Example Sentences
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Wilder dropped his fellow American in the second round, scored another knockdown in the sixth, and closed the show with two chopping right hands a round later, prompting the referee to wave it off.
From BBC
The president’s actions so far have been “a knockdown blow to the deep state, but not a knockout blow,” Dans said.
From Los Angeles Times
And so it proved as he reacted swiftly and to deadly effect to sweep home Jacob Murphy's knockdown.
From BBC
Linares, a three-division world champion, dropped Morales in the third and fourth rounds, and Morales couldn’t beat the count after the second knockdown.
From Los Angeles Times
Every round was 10-9 to the winner, with no knockdowns to score and none of the judges electing for a 10-10 round.
From BBC
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