Synonyms of knock-down, drag-out

knock-down, drag-out

adjective

ˈnäk-ˌdauṅ-ˈdrag-ˌau̇t 

variants or knock-down-and-drag-out

as in fierce

marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity

the football game was a knock-down, drag-out battle between bitter rivals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fierce
• violent
• ferocious
• furious
• volcanic
• vicious
• hot
• turbulent
• brutal
• explosive
• hammer-and-tongs
• convulsive
• cyclonic
• rabid
• tumultuous
• paroxysmal
• contentious
• stormy
• bang-bang
• tempestuous
• rough
• blood-and-guts
• savage
• hostile
• volatile
• antagonistic
• aggressive
• combative
• barbarous
• belligerent
• pugnacious
• destructive
• assertive
• mad
• combustible
• quarrelsome
• cataclysmic
• frantic
• truculent
• frenzied
• agitated
• bellicose
• ruinous
• gladiatorial
• cataclysmal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• nonviolent
• peaceable
• calm
• serene
• tranquil
• pacific
• halcyon
• nonbelligerent
• unaggressive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of knock-down, drag-out

What follows is a knock-down, drag-out brawl reminiscent of Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024

This was a knock-down, drag-out fight — the kind of match that would make for excellent watching when Marvel Snap tournaments are up and running. —Ash Parrish, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023

Last week’s knock-down, drag-out fight could just be the first of many this session as GOP lawmakers grapple with government spending, the debt ceiling and the situation at the border. —Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023

But both performers rode their SNL success to Hollywood superstardom, in turn validating the audience's appetite for inspired silliness and knock-down, drag-out belly-laughs. —Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022

As much as the streaming wars can feel like a knock-down, drag-out fight, Amazon can spend time on the ropes because streaming isn’t its core business. —Angela Watercutter, Wired, 18 Mar. 2022

But rather than a knock-down, drag-out fight to the finish, this series is all about empowerment. —Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2022

However, leaping in expecting an argument to become a knock-down, drag-out fight isn't the best way to go about your life. —Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2022

Its climactic scenes are the same as any classically satisfying sports movie’s: athletes (in this case, young Venus) making decisions about themselves, their worth, their futures, and bringing those notions to bear in a knock-down, drag-out match. —K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2021