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knockdown
noun 5adj 4verb 1
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1KNOCKDOWN + NOUN
argument, furniture
Definitions
noun
1
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
2
An overwhelming blow.
3
Very strong ale or beer.
4
A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
5
The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
verb
1
To employ the knockdown technique
adj
1
Powerful enough to overwhelm.
a knockdown argument
a knockdown blow
2
Reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer.
3
Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
knockdown furniture
4
To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
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Pires, a three-time Cup winner with Arsenal who scored the Gunners' winner against Southampton in the 2003 final, has been a largely peripheral figure at Villa Park since joining in November - but the
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We shot 'The Caterpillar' at General Service Studios, and the dressing rooms for the actors were what they call knockdowns: wooden frames covered in grungy, dirty red canvas. It looked like a circus t
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a knockdown argument
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a knockdown blow
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knockdown furniture
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