Thesaurus
knock–down, drag–out
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of KNOCK-DOWN, DRAG-OUT
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity <the football game was a knock-down, drag-out battle between bitter rivals>
Synonyms bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out (or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, volcanic
Related Words barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious; antagonistic, hostile; aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent; combustible, volatile; agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad; cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous
Variants of KNOCK-DOWN, DRAG-OUT
knock–down, drag–out or knock–down–and–drag–out
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