Knock
Knock verb - To come into usually forceful contact with something.
How words are described
| similar | similar knock | similar shell |
| single | single knock | single shell |
| small | small knock | small shell |
| hard | hard knock | hard shell |
| Other adjectives: big, huge. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- For the first part of the battle, the goal is just to knock him into the lava for more damage, but near the end, you actually have to knock him off in a way similar to the Big Bully fights from Mario 64, with Luigi spinning with his hammer and trying to ram away Bowser spinning in his shell.
Source: Ring Out Boss -
The tank was able to accurately knock him out of the sky with a shell, and scuff up his armor (there's a deleted scene that showed how bad the damage was).
Source: Tanks for Nothing -
In Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Batou intentionally lets his idol, a former silver-medalist boxer to knock him out during an investigation.
Source: Punch Catch
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Shell and Knock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/knock/shell
Knock & Shell. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/knock/shell>.
Shell or Knock. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/knock/shell.
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