(genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
Causing elimination from a competition
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The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout.
If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout" suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
the knockout stages of the competition
In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
He delivered a knockout blow.
You should have seen her knockout eyes.
The result is a so-called knockout mouse, reared with a single gene silenced, the better to reveal that gene's true purpose.
Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes.