Failure and Knock

Failure

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Knock and failure are semantically related In some cases you can use "Knock" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Knock

Knock noun - Bad luck or an example of this.

Usage example: getting his college degree was a six year adventure not without its share of knocks along the way

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Failure and knock are semantically related in setback topic. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Knock", if it concerns topics such as strong criticism.

Nearby Words: knocked, knockout, knockdown, knocking, knocker

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How words are described

similar	similar failure	similar knock
single	single failure	single knock
obvious	obvious failure	obvious knock
actual	actual failure	actual knock
Other adjectives: big, huge, previous, sudden.

Both words in one sentence

Failure Is the Only Option: It doesn't matter if you mop the floor with Kagekiyo in the first chapter: after being bested he simply knock both Yoshi and Benkei down by drawing his second sword.

Source: Video Game / Genji
Fight Scene Failure:invoked Pointed out in Killing American Style where one of the villains manages to knock out the protagonist by flicking his gun a few inches above his head.

Source: Web Video / Best of the Worst
Megatron ultimately saw the irony in this, and after Silas's failure, orders Knock Out to vivisect Silas, the same way he vivisected Breakdown.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Western Animation

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