Knockout
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Up to Eleven: Superman notes this explicitly◊ with his knockout punch to Thor, by holding Mjolnir mid-swing.
Source: Comic Book / JLA/Avengers -
The guards will prioritize sounding the alarm over anything else, even if it implies turning their back on you, allowing for an instant knockout with a single swing of the melee weapon of your choice.
Source: Video Game / Deus Ex -
If the player attempts to punch/use CQC while equipping a weapon larger than a pistol, Snake/Raiden will swing the weapon and do more damage to enemies than he would with his bare fists (the extremely large Nikita launcher in 2 and The Twin Snakes in particular is an instant knockout).
Source: Pistol-Whipping
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