kayoing

verb

present participle of kayo
as in knocking out

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  1. knocking out
  2. knocking over
  3. knocking down
Verb
  • In 2022, gunmen attacked two electrical substations in North Carolina, knocking out power to roughly 45,000 customers for multiple days.
    — Todd J. Stein, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocking out
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  • Earlier that day, at a different campaign event about 90 miles east in Canfield, a man carrying two handguns, brass knuckles, and a Taser had barreled toward Acton while yelling her name, knocking over an elderly couple in the crowd.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocking over
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  • Counter space is the currency of a working kitchen, and homeowners are finding a new way to buy more of it without knocking down a wall.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune Demolition crews hired by the Chicago Bears begin knocking down the grandstand at the former Arlington International Racecourse on June 16, 2023, in Arlington Heights.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocking down
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“Kayoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayoing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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