kayoed

past tense of kayo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayoed
Verb
  • Smotherman returned to the Octagon in May, where he was knocked out in the first round by Kai Asakura.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • After the Spurs knocked out the reigning champions to advance, Victor Wembanyama was brought to tears.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Pumphrey was felled there by a British musket ball, his body left to lie in a shallow grave in South Carolina.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • Now, 10 years to the day after the Brexit vote and with six prime ministers having been felled by economic and political turbulence, the country once again looks to a new leader — and back to the crucible that helped set it on this torrid journey.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • In the final minute of the second round against Zahabi, O’Malley floored him with an overhand right that shut the Canadian’s lights off.
    Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • She would have been floored by the casualness that has seeped into society today, from wearing pajamas on flights to sweatpants to dinner.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • Vanoven urged residents to stay home as crews worked the active scene, warning that downed power lines and debris would be harder to see after dark.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • Storms could also cause power outages and downed trees.
    Tammie Souza, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Use containers with tight-fitting lids to prevent spills in case they are knocked over.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • In the open spaces, people kicked balls around (including my toddler, who blasted a shot past me and knocked over the beer of a Colombia fan who was very, very nice about the whole thing) or found shade under the only tree.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
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
Verb
  • The celebration from the American contingent in the stadium has paused after a goal in the 10th minute by Arda Güler leveled the score at 1-1.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • After the Eaton fire leveled swaths of Altadena and Pasadena — including his own home — photographer Kevin Cooley returned with strobes and long exposures to document what survived.
    Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • About 275 passengers and 12 crew members were on the eastbound train train from Los Angeles to Chicago when the rail cars toppled off the tracks and onto their side early Monday afternoon, Amtrak said.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
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“Kayoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayoed. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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