Assist
Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Knocking
Knocking noun - The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).
Both words in one sentence
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Aramaki feels guilty about knocking Orihime out when she tries to bite him in order to go back and assist Uryu.
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With an assist from Bite Force, Wrecks was finally able to demonstrate the power of its blade — by knocking Witch Doctor into the air and out of the arena.
Source: Series / BattleBots -
After he's summoned as an Assist Trophy, Waluigi chases Mario around, trying to stomp him in the dirt before knocking him away with a tennis racket, exactly how he behaves as an Assist Trophy in the Super Smash Bros. games.
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