BOWLED (DOWN OR OVER) Synonyms: 42 Similar Words

bowled (down or over)

verb

past tense of bowl (down or over)

as in downed

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children

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Parts of southern Alabama also were flooded, with officials in Mobile reporting downed trees and power lines.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its air defenses downed 505 Ukrainian drones from late Thursday until early Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of downed

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In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped third-degree felony charges of home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The football team has dropped 44 games since 2020, and our once-vaunted basketball program hasn’t made the NCAAs since 2021.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

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The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked over

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But his backwards pass was knocked down by Oklahoma State’s Christian Bodnar and returned for a touchdown by Jackson.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Courville and Reynolds started filming the neighborhood in 2013, after a redbrick building around the corner on Douglas and Third was knocked down.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

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