knock out vs paralyse

knock out

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

  • 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 strike or bump (someone or something) out. 

  • To exhaust. 

  • To communicate (a message) by knocking. 

paralyse

verb
  • To make unable to move; to immobilize. 

  • To afflict with paralysis. 

  • To make unable to function properly. 

How often have the words knock out and paralyse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )