knock cold

knock cold
verb
knock unconscious or senseless
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the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds

Syn: ↑knock out, ↑kayo
Derivationally related forms: ↑knockout (for: ↑knock out)
Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat up, ↑work over
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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They want to knock cold the prisoners

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phrasal
: to knock out (sense 2a)

ran his head into the wall and was knocked cold

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knock cold
1. To knock (someone) out
2. To shock violently
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Main Entry:knock

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knock (someone) cold
: to cause (someone) to become unconscious

He knocked his opponent cold with one punch.

She was knocked cold [=knocked out] by the collision.

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Main Entry:knock

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