kayoed

verb

past tense of kayo
as in knocked out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayoed
  1. knocked out
  2. felled
  3. floored
  4. downed
  5. knocked over
  6. prostrated
  7. leveled
  8. toppled
Verb
  • Utilities have gotten the wind knocked out of them in 2026 after back-to-back annual gains.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, some elderly residents of a South Beach condominium were finally free to leave their homes after floodwaters knocked out their elevators for more than a week.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocked out
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of felled
Verb
  • Miguel Carrizoza had just stood up after being floored by a right hook and still looked unsteady on his feet.
    — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Hayne was floored instantly by the volume and verbiage of an NFL playbook, all while he was being taught the nuances of playing running back by assistant coach and 49ers legend Tom Rathman, who also worked with him as a punt returner.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of floored
Verb
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that its air defenses overnight downed 646 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, occupied Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Punter Alec Clark has downed three of his five punts inside the 20 and hasn’t punted more than twice in a game this year.
    — PJ Green September 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of downed
Verb
  • The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked over
Verb
  • So is Sweden’s Yasin Ayari, who prostrated himself on the field to thank God after the first of his two goals in a victory Sunday over Tunisia — his father’s homeland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • Groypers believe that for decades America has prostrated itself to immigrants and foreign nations at the expense of its own languishing citizens.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of prostrated
Verb
  • Another passenger, Yaniv Hayun was able to drag the suspect from the cockpit, took control of the plane and leveled it before a third pilot took over and flew the jet to Saudi Arabia, according to other passengers.
    — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The kidnapper, William Hickman, in the driver’s seat of a Chrysler coupe, leveled a gun at him and demanded the money.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of leveled
Verb
  • Jersey Mike’s recently toppled Chick-fil-A in the 2026 study, although Chick-fil-A’s score was unchanged from a year ago.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The tent is still at capacity, only one cake has toppled over, and the viewing public is still sizing up the show’s newest judge, Nigella Lawson.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppled
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