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单词 knock-down, drag-out
释义

knock-down, drag-out

adjective

ˈnäk-ˌdauṅ-ˈdrag-ˌau̇t How to pronounce knock-down, drag-out (audio)
variants or knock-down-and-drag-out
: marked by extreme violence or bitterness and by the showing of no mercy
knock-down, drag-out political debates
knock-down-drag-out noun

Synonyms

  • bang-bang
  • blood-and-guts
  • convulsive
  • cyclonic
  • explosive
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • furious
  • hammer-and-tongs
  • hot
  • paroxysmal
  • rabid
  • rough
  • stormy
  • tempestuous
  • tumultuous
  • turbulent
  • violent
  • volcanic
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Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

knock-down, drag-out

adjective

variants or knock-down-and-drag-out
as in fierce
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity the football game was a knock-down, drag-out battle between bitter rivals

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fierce
  • violent
  • ferocious
  • furious
  • vicious
  • volcanic
  • hammer-and-tongs
  • hot
  • brutal
  • explosive
  • turbulent
  • convulsive
  • cyclonic
  • tumultuous
  • rabid
  • paroxysmal
  • contentious
  • bang-bang
  • stormy
  • tempestuous
  • rough
  • savage
  • blood-and-guts
  • hostile
  • volatile
  • antagonistic
  • combative
  • aggressive
  • destructive
  • pugnacious
  • mad
  • belligerent
  • cataclysmal
  • assertive
  • barbarous
  • bellicose
  • combustible
  • quarrelsome
  • gladiatorial
  • agitated
  • truculent
  • frantic
  • frenzied
  • ruinous
  • cataclysmic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • peaceful
  • peaceable
  • nonviolent
  • calm
  • tranquil
  • serene
  • pacific
  • halcyon
  • nonbelligerent
  • unaggressive
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