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knockout blow

noun as in knockout

noun as in Sunday punch

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Example Sentences

We wait to see if Murdoch senior has a knockout blow in the next two days.

When oligarchs fall out, who knows when the knockout blow will come?

Romney is clearly trying to beat Perry at his own game of hardball—if not with a knockout blow, then with continued pummeling.

Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer, the Ali/Frazier of basic cable feuds, ended with a knockout blow from Stewart last week.

The effects of a knockout blow, however deftly administered, do not last long.

It had dwindled into a few lines, which explained nothing, being merely brutal and final, like a knockout blow.

The German surprise, so long and so carefully prepared, had failed, and the knockout blow had been parried.

Joe pulled his arms down from his face and Louie drew back his black-jack for the knockout blow.

It was a knockout blow, and I dont mind admitting to you now that for a time my own heart was in my boots.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to knockout blow, such as: technical knockout, blow, kayo, ko, tko, and cold pack.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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