knocking down
Reducing to rubble
Knocking down is the act of causing something or someone to fall by striking or pushing.
You can knock down a wall, a door, or a person.
In auctions, to knock down means to sell to the highest bidder—from the auctioneer's gavel strike: The painting was knocked down for two million.
To knock down a price is to reduce it through bargaining.
- topplingCausing to collapse
- demolishingDestroying a structure completely
- razingComplete structural demolition
- wreckingDestroying completely
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
collapsing · smashing · rebutting · overturning · refuting · felling · laying low · vanquishing · disproving · bulldozing · defeating · diminishing · conquering · bowling · bowling over · reducing · slamming · flooring
knocking downbuilding up
Increasing gradually
constructing · erecting · putting up · building · raising
knocking downstanding up
Assuming vertical posture
picking up · raising · propping up · righting · elevating
knocking downmarking up
Adding written notes
raising · inflating · increasing · jacking up · hiking
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