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
  • That gas expansion has now been delayed — an Iranian attack on the Ras Laffan complex knocked out about 17% of its existing capacity.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Johana Nuriulu, a resident of Ensenada’s Buena Vista community, said the flooding began overnight, shortly after heavy rain knocked out electricity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 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
  • With night set to fall, many in the area were without power due to outages planned by Southern California Edison in hopes of preventing power lines downed by the winds from sparking fires.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Deja Davis scored on a header early in the second half and the Boston Legacy downed Racing Louisville 2-1 in the National Women's Soccer League on Friday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 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
  • Since then, Qatar has been frustrated by allegations leveled by Israeli political leaders that its payments to Gaza had helped finance the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors leveled new allegations during a bail hearing Friday, accusing the couple of almost never allowing the children outside and claiming that Zhang previously fled the country to avoid an abuse allegation.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of leveled
Verb
  • The wind toppled some trees and sent signs flying and garbage cans rolling down streets.
    — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Then, SpaceX’s June offering toppled that statistic, raising more than $85 billion (registration required), including the greenshoe, underscoring the scale of investor demand.
    — Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppled
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