KNEECAP Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

kneecap

verb

Definition of kneecap

as in to smack

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Recent Examples of kneecap Former Department of Health employees, health experts and AIDS advocates say that by cutting off the premium assistance program, Florida is kneecapping the AIDS Drug Assistance Program more than necessary. — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026 In the view of the Department of Defense, Anthropic kneecapped the partnership by insisting on unnecessary guardrails, attempting to litigate specific hypotheticals, and then dragging its feet in the subsequent negotiations. — Harry Booth, Time, 11 Mar. 2026 The decision in January made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent to kneecap our national vaccine schedule — cutting protection against 17 diseases down to 10 — is a dangerous decision that puts anti-vaccine ideology ahead of the well-being of children and families. — Dr. Rahul K. Parikh, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026 Now legal attacks from outside threaten to kneecap it entirely. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kneecap

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneecap

Verb

But a 92 mph sinker got Lewis to smack a ball straight to Isaac Collins in left field to end the inning.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Wood stayed in the game for a lengthy bottom of the seventh, during which Phillies outfielder Derek Hill smacked a go-ahead grand slam to stir the crowd at Citizens Bank Park.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of smack

Verb

Musk pointed to each of the three business lines as part of the pillars of the company that will fuel what would have to be 10x growth in three or four years to hit his $1 trillion revenue projection.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Additionally, Alvarez’s chances to hit a home run will get a pick-me-up from playing at home.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
The actions to date are little more than whack-a-mole exercises as the operators simply replace their botnets with new ones.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Definition of whack

Verb

All married slap bass to thrash guitar, but if most of their cohort alternated rapping and belting on the vocal front, Primus trotted out Claypool as more of a hyperliterate carnival barker.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
Garcia has belted 23 home runs with 76 RBI and a 134 wRC+ across 104 games.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of belt

Verb

Yordan Alvarez socked his 34th home run in the eighth inning, a tiebreaking two-run shot that lifted the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins and a sweep of the three-game interleague series.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Sugar puts on a big show, crashing a kid’s birthday party in Vega’s backyard, socking him in the eye for good measure.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of sock

Verb

In the next at bat, third baseman Brooks Lee slapped a two-RBI single with a ball placed between Caglianone and Michael Massey to give the Twins a 4-3 lead, their first of the game.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
They’re just thrilled by making the different movements for the different animals and trying to slap the table the quickest.

— Marah Eakin, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of slap

Verb

Last week, Tehran accused Kyiv of striking an Iranian commercial vessel carrying a cargo of iron, killing a seafarer and injuring three others.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
In June 2022, another member of Fox’s swimming club, the Kelp Krawlers, Steve Bruemmer, was bitten and seriously injured while swimming in the same area.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026