dragnet vs knock out

dragnet

verb
  • To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect. 

  • To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water. 

noun
  • Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects. 

  • A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water. 

knock out

verb
  • To strike or bump (someone or something) out. 

  • To fall asleep, especially suddenly. 

  • To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting. 

  • To eliminate from a contest or similar. 

  • To put to sleep. 

  • To complete, especially in haste; knock off. 

  • To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head. 

  • To exhaust. 

  • To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it. 

  • To communicate (a message) by knocking. 

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