kneecapped

verb

Definition of kneecappednext
past tense of kneecap
as in smacked

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  1. hit
  2. punched
  3. pummeled
  4. injured
  5. thrashed
  6. bludgeoned
  7. hurt
Verb
  • But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of hit
Verb
  • The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Days later, Ann Arbor police say someone punched a student on the porch of a home where students from a historically Jewish fraternity live.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of punched
Verb
  • Nearly a week after Helene pummeled this small mountain town 20 miles east of Asheville, residents and business owners were trickling back yesterday to see what was left and what could be salvaged.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Nearly a week after Helene pummeled the region, Segen and her family remain unaccounted for, leaving their relatives in a desperate search to find them.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of pummeled
Verb
  • Authorities are investigating a shooting that left two people injured early Saturday morning in Union City.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • The Stanford defense was missing sixth-year linebacker and captain Tristan Sinclair and junior Collin Wright, its best player in coverage, who were both injured.
    Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of injured
Verb
  • Remarkably, Barcelona has averaged more than five second-half goals per game in its last five outings, having recently thrashed Granada, Madrid CFF and Espanyol.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • With 10 men, Barca succumbed to their visitors and were thrashed 4-1 on the night resulting in a 6-4 aggregate score overall.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of thrashed
Verb
  • Skye is a wreck from the moment of her fateful contact, and watching an unstable protagonist get bludgeoned by terror in a world where almost nothing seems real is less gripping than watching one who’s actively fighting for her survival.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Stratton bludgeoned Bayley with the Money in the Bank briefcase and seemed to contemplate cashing in.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of bludgeoned
Verb
  • The public pleas for testing are part of health officials’ efforts to halt the outbreak that has disproportionately hurt Native Americans in the Great Plains and Southwest.
    Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Matthews devotes one parenthetical sentence claiming rocket launches hurt coastal wildlife.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of hurt
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