Knock and Rate

Knock

Knock verb - To come into usually forceful contact with something.

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Rate and knock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rate" instead a verb "Knock".

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

Rate verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.

Usage example: a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings

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Knock and rate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Rate".

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

high	high knock	high rate
best	best knock	best rate
similar	similar knock	similar rate
small	small knock	small rate
Other adjectives: actual, huge, frequent, greater.

ability	knock ability	rate ability
hero	knock hero	rate hero
man	knock man	rate man
people	knock people	rate people
Other words: men, wings, holes, guys.

Some are marked as having been made by "Precision Armaments", a corporation known for making cheap knock-offs, possibly explaining their ridiculous rate of wear.

Source: A.K.A.-47
Beneath Suspicion: The Big Bad was Cluemaster, who Batman had dismissed as a "second rate Riddler knock-off" previously.

Source: Comic Book / Batman Eternal
Sedatives usually knock out people at about the same rate and they wake up at about the same time, but there's always a mention of the sedative being measured for each individual's body mass.

Source: One Dose Fits All

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