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knockdown definition

knock·down (-do̵un′)

adjective

  1. so severe as to knock down; overwhelming
  2. ☆ made so as to be easily taken apart a knockdown table

noun

  1. a knocking down; felling
  2. a blow, stroke, etc. that knocks one down

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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