Damage and Knockout

Damage

Damage noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

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Knockout and damage are semantically related. in injury topic. In some cases you can use "Knockout" instead a noun "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

Knockout noun - A lovely woman.

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Damage and knockout are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Damage" instead a noun "Knockout".

Nearby Words: knock, knocked, knockdown, knocker

real	real damage	real knockout
large	large damage	large knockout

Note that this trope only applies to cases where a character endures an otherwise lethal amount of damage without a knockout.

Source: Last Chance Hit Point
Compare Double Knockout, where both combatants inflict critical but non-lethal damage on each other.

Source: Mutual Kill
To somewhat compensate, reaching zero Hit Points doesn't result in instant death or even a knockout — the character is still awake and functional, but at their Death's Door, where any subsequent damage may kill them.

Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon

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