knock out

Example Sentences

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The results help explain the many different ways planets can be knocked out of their original systems and sent drifting through interstellar space.

From Science Daily

Thelin had come under pressure earlier in the season, with Aberdeen having taken just one point from their opening six league games and been knocked out of the Premier Sports Cup by Motherwell.

From BBC

He was knocked out in the second round of the World Championship too and it feels unlikely he will be included.

From BBC

A single freeze-up can knock out an entire weapons platform or immobilize a convoy.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it was not enough to knock out the gritty Picasso, as Inoue settled for a unanimous decision win for the second fight in a row.

From Barron's