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Word: knockdown (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
  • reduced in price

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Noun:

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
  • An overwhelming blow.
  • genetics A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.
  • genetics 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.
  • nautical The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.

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