Distress
Knocks
Distress and knocks are semantically related in displeasure topic. Sometimes you can use "Distress" instead a noun "Knocks".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Rushing in to save the Damsel in Distress, he knocks the villain to the ground and — A cameraman appears from hiding and upbraids him for ruining the shot.
Source: You Just Ruined the Shot - Goldstein, and not by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.Tropes: Damsel in Distress: Spoofed in a scene where the Action Girl knocks out all the guards, then thanks Dick for saving her.
Source: Film / 2001: A Space Travesty
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