knockout
adjective/ˈnɒkaʊt/
/ˈnɑːkaʊt/
[only before noun]- (especially British English) a knockout competition is one in which the winning player/team at each stage competes in the next stage and the losing one no longer takes part in the competition
- the knockout stages of the tournament
- a knockout blow is something that hits somebody so hard that they can no longer get up
- (figurative) The cancellation of the flight delivered the knockout blow to his plans.
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