Knock and Reduce

Knock

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

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

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

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Knock and reduce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Reduce".

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

ability	knock ability	reduce ability
people	knock people	reduce people
body	knock body	reduce body
men	knock men	reduce men
Other words: number, time, head, damage, planet, target, anyone, opponent, player, enemy, humans, times, points, enemies.

One of Bahamut's forms is particularly aggravating, as it will not only knock a solid chunk of your HP away, but also reduce your MP and AP to 0, so you can't heal or even dodge his next attack.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Final Fantasy
Slightly odd tabletop example: In Dungeons & Dragons's fourth edition, player characters who reduce an NPC enemy to zero or less hit points always have the option to decide then and there to only knock that enemy out instead of killing them.

Source: Pacifist Run
Boss Arena Urgency: In the boss fight against Bearminator, every time you knock off a third of his health, he'll fire a big grenade to the arena to reduce its size to 3/4 and then 1/2.

Source: Video Game / Crash Bash

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