KNOCKED OFF Synonyms: 244 Similar and Opposite Words

knocked off

verb

past tense of knock off

as in stopped

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end knock it off!

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as in abandoned

to stop doing (something) permanently decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background

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as in subtracted

to take away (an amount or number) from a total a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

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as in robbed

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years

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Recent Examples of knocked off Mansfield Timberview signaled state-title ambitions by demolishing West Mesquite 69-7, while White Settlement Brewer knocked off Class 6A Haltom 31-14 to open Class 5A play. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2026 Santanella won the initial court case and Tyler was knocked off the August ballot for collecting signatures too early to get on the ballot. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 The Colts knocked off one of the top teams in San Diego, Lincoln, 35-31. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Raimiero Rios Miami-Dade Corrections The report also said that one of the victims, who was identified as a 75-year-old man, was knocked off the road and another man was struck. — Peter D'oench, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 McCollum knocked off the incumbent GOP congressman in their primary and then defeated his Democratic foe on election day in a district that had more Dems than Republicans. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 The man was knocked off his scooter, and one of the pellets nearly hit his left eye, police said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 Some have been Ukrainian drones knocked off course by Russian electronic warfare, such as the jamming of navigation signals, which can make their flight paths unpredictable and complicate decisions about whether and where to shoot them down. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Thunderstorms that sweep through the Kansas City area producing brilliant flashes of lightning and booming thunder knocked off power to around 10,000 customers in the Kansas City area. — Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

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Group argued construction could be irreversible The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is challenging the ballroom, had told the justices that the project would likely become irreversible unless it is stopped now.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Bilt, for its part, said the issue had to do with an earlier iteration of its credit cards that had stopped accepting customers.

— Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

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In October 2025, jewelry worth $102 million was robbed from the Louvre in Paris.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of robbed

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Among them is the son of Fred Hampton, a senior leader of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated by the FBI in 1969, at the age of 21.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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According to Reuters, Qalibaf, the Iranian parliament speaker, said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until military threats ceased and sanctions on Iran were lifted.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
History repeats itself Following the decline of prisoner importation in the early 20th century, West Virginia ceased to receive direct federal payments for housing prisoners.

— Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of ceased

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Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Hep Spyder blamed Dwight for Buffo Carducci’s quitting on him back when Dwight was Hep’s tent boss.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of quit

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The bungalow cost $100 a month, which was deducted from her MGM paycheck.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
But losses can only be deducted by filers who itemize and who kept a record of both winnings and losses, and the deduction is capped at whatever winnings were reported.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026