Knocks
Slaps
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Uh Oh...: Not quite, but similar as Hawkins slaps Griswold in the face with a gauntlet repeatedly and Griswold doesn't even seem to notice that it's happening, but when Griswold slaps Hawkins in the face it nearly knocks him over.
Source: Film / The Court Jester - Mama Bear: Mirax Horn gets her moment when she slaps Colonel Wruq Retk so hard, it knocks him unconscious.
Source: Literature / Fate of the Jedi - Armor-Piercing Slap: Sigrid slaps a man laughing at her so hard, she knocks out his eye.
Source: Comic Book / Thor: Vikings
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