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
  • Rojo Neog left his house in India's Assam state on the evening of July 19 to buy candles after heavy rain knocked out electricity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Afternoon storms with high winds across Central Arkansas on Monday knocked out power for roughly 27,000 customers, according to Entergy.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked out
Verb
  • The storm felled trees and power lines and caused serious flooding that swept some 100 homes from their foundations on the Big Island, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The return to form is all the more stunning given that book sales overall are barely rising, and Amazon, which nearly felled Barnes & Noble in the 2010s, is still a threat.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of felled
Verb
  • There’s also enough oomph for overtaking slower traffic, responding more like an EV whenever the accelerator is floored.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Dawkins, an automobile aficionado himself, loved every second of the obstacle course, and even let out a shriek when the driver floored it over a hill at the end.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of floored
Verb
  • Schools remain closed and downed trees are blocking major thoroughfares.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The severe storm downed trees and power lines in various pockets of Wyandotte County, with the worst of the damages being in Midtown Kansas City, Kansas, and northern parts of the county.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of downed
Verb
  • 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
  • Video from the scene showed one car flipped on its side with debris scattered across the sidewalk and a trash can knocked over.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 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
  • Accusations of antisemitism have been leveled against several in Hollywood over recent years, in many cases, falsely used to describe those who criticize Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The bar was damaged in a fire in 1976, and leveled by an explosion a year later.
    — Jack Harvel August 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of leveled
Verb
  • The floors are muddy and wet, the refrigerator toppled by floodwater and the furniture completely destroyed but none of that changes Phifer's mind.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The blast ruptured chemical tanks, which toppled over, according to Toledo Fire Chief Allison Armstrong, who added that the facility's roof partially collapsed.
    — Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of toppled
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“Kayoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayoed. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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