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S: (n) blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon) "a blow on the head"

S: (n) backhander (a backhanded blow)
S: (n) clip (a sharp slanting blow) "he gave me a clip on the ear"
S: (n) knock, belt, rap, whack, whang (the act of hitting vigorously) "he gave the table a whack"
S: (n) thwack (a hard blow with a flat object)
S: (n) smack, smacking, slap (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)
S: (n) smacker (a very powerful blow with the fist)
S: (n) knockdown (a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet)
S: (n) knockout, KO, kayo (a blow that renders the opponent unconscious)

S: (n) technical knockout, TKO (a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue)

S: (n) swat (a sharp blow)
S: (n) whip, lash, whiplash (a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object) "the whip raised a red welt"
S: (n) punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug ((boxing) a blow with the fist) "I gave him a clout on his nose"
S: (n) box (a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)) "I gave him a good box on the ear"
S: (n) kick, boot, kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot) "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
S: (n) counterblow (a return blow; a retaliatory blow)
S: (n) swing (a sweeping blow or stroke) "he took a wild swing at my head"
S: (n) stab, thrust, knife thrust (a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument) "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

S: (n) stinger (a sharp stinging blow)
S: (n) thump (a heavy blow with the hand)
S: (n) uppercut (a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin))

S: (n) hammer, pound, hammering, pounding (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)) "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

S: (n) shot (a blow hard enough to cause injury) "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
S: (n) wallop (a severe blow)

S: (v) smack, thwack (deliver a hard blow to) "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"