as in to smack
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Recent Examples of kneecap
Prosecutors complained that the former district attorney kneecapped their ability to go after lawbreakers.
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Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
In legal filings, TikTok has said that even a temporary disappearance could kneecap it, with users and creators leaving for other platforms and never returning even if a ban was lifted.
—Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Spotify hit on the idea of playlists, a way of curating songs to be background music
The music industry in 2006 was desperate, having been kneecapped by piracy — first Napster, then a host of file-sharing applications.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
In the coming months and years, the new president, his appointees and congressional Republicans are likely to try to kneecap a government institution that has done remarkable things for millions of families.
—Christine Chen Zinner, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
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Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
In legal filings, TikTok has said that even a temporary disappearance could kneecap it, with users and creators leaving for other platforms and never returning even if a ban was lifted.
—Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Spotify hit on the idea of playlists, a way of curating songs to be background music
The music industry in 2006 was desperate, having been kneecapped by piracy — first Napster, then a host of file-sharing applications.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
In the coming months and years, the new president, his appointees and congressional Republicans are likely to try to kneecap a government institution that has done remarkable things for millions of families.
—Christine Chen Zinner, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneecap
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Reese smacked Clark in the head with her arm while trying to block a shot in their first WNBA meeting June 1.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The future — mechanical, intelligent, overwhelming — is today smacking us in the face.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
5 Feb. 2025
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Solo Ball, the only UConn player to make a 3-pointer until McNeeley hit one with five minutes to go, finished with 13 points and a team-best six assists.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the video, O'Leary wailed after the metal object hit him in the chest.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Donald Trump is serious about boxing China out of the Arctic.—
Ryan P. Burke,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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The corporate purchasing of homes nationwide has for years stirred criticism among affordable housing advocates that companies are boxing regular people out of homeownership in their own neighborhoods.—
Emily Mahoney,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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Beyond tennis, Tom Brady and LeBron James have invested in professional teams, while Hollywood actors Catherine O’Hara and Willem Defoe were filmed whacking shots on a court in a recent Super Bowl commercial.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
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If you're downed during a boss fight, teammates must revive you by whacking your crawling body.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Amid her first climb, Jesse feels a spiritual connection to nature and is left aching for more, belting out songs of her new revelations and ambitions.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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To naysayers, Lamar was too verbose, too political, too obscure for pop music’s biggest stage, which has typically featured culturally safe icons belting universally beloved anthems to the stadium rafters.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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The second of a pair of major winter storms socked the Midwest and the Plains on Wednesday, blanketing Chicago with snow, causing vehicle crashes and slide-offs in Nebraska and icing roads in Missouri.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere, people were digging out on Sunday from the snowstorm that socked the Midwest and the Northeast on Saturday night into Sunday morning.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2025
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On the red carpet of the American Black Film Festival Honors in Los Angeles on Feb. 17, the 75-year-old actress told PEOPLE about filming the moment in which her character, Patti, slapped her daughter Angela (Taraji P. Henson) across the face during a heated confrontation on season 2 of Eli Stone.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Just ask comedian Chris Rock, who was unceremoniously slapped by Will Smith during the 2022 Oscars after cracking a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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None of the 60 employees inside SPS Technologies, which manufactures fasteners mainly for the aerospace industry, was injured after explosions set off the fire.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Peel Regional Paramedic Services at first classified a child as injured and in critical condition, but the Hospital for Sick Children later said the child was in good condition.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Kneecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kneecap. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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