All ko synonyms
KO
K k verb ko
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- set aside β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- desensitize β To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- overpower β to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- outplay β to play better than.
- annul β If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- delete β If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
- pop β point of presence
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- trounce β to beat severely; thrash.
- outclass β to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outshine β to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- surpass β to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- blank β Something that is blank has nothing on it.
- outdo β to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- overcome β to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- flatten β to make flat.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
noun ko
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- technical knockout β the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. Abbreviation: TKO, T.K.O.
- uppercut β a swinging blow directed upward, as to an adversary's chin.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- massacre β the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- drubbing β a blow with a stick or the like.
- rout β a bellow.
- thrashing β an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- setback β Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- killing β the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- debacle β A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
- breakdown β The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- beating β If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
- destruction β Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.