CONKED (OUT) Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

conked (out)

verb

past tense of conk (out)

as in fainted

to lose consciousness after three days without eating, he simply conked out

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as in died

to stop functioning the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere

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started (up)

as in fell

to stop living a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out

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Their children, meanwhile, were euphoric about this ghoulish interruption to their day, although some experienced nausea, and the theater kids, who felt things deeply, wept and fainted, or did their best to faint.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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Jimerson and Brown, who died in 2020, were two of four people convicted of taking part in the murder and rape of 78-year-old Myrtle Holmes of Fordyce.

— Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old child and an adult died after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of died

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Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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Kimball noted the global impact of the case and resonance of issues of postpartum depression and psychosis, as organizers passed out countries’ flags intended to represent supporters across the world.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
The guide also was passed out at the African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, a popular early voting site among Black voters.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of passed out

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Critically, the owner of the footage failed to show any impact on the market for the footage and in fact had never licensed the footage for compensation.

— Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Congress legalized home brewing in 1978 Occasional efforts in recent years to change the law failed to gain traction.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of failed

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Four women and an infant are among the victims who perished, the organization confirmed to The Independent.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
More than 1,100 people perished when a huge glacier and rock landslide high in the Himalayas triggered fast-moving floodwaters that struck Nepal and China on the morning of August 26.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of perished

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The only difference is that, after this race, some of the competitors collapsed to the floor with sparks flying from their insides while safety officials charged over to attend to them with fire extinguishers.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
And since then, the government collapsed, and gang warfare has spread.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of collapsed

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Pilot declared an emergency once autopilot disengaged The pilot and six passengers were aboard a 2010 Pilatus PC-12 Next Generation aircraft that day when the plane crashed about 12 miles northeast of Recluse, Wyoming, near Gillette.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
The party crashed when COVID literally shut the town down for years, followed by Peak TV overbuild, cord-cutting, streaming losses, rate hikes, two strikes.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

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