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

Heavy raindrops flew sideways, smacking against the hood of my rain jacket and creating a nearly deafening white noise.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of smack

Verb

As thousands of professors at in the University of California system say the students entering their classrooms are increasingly under-prepared for university-level math, the university’s timely graduation rates just hit all-time highs.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Average daily rates in Miami hit $302 for both game nights and eves, according to AirDNA.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 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

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

Brussels, however, was less charitable with EU regulators slapping a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) on Google, its first penalty under the Digital Markets Act, for favoring its own services.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Since the fire, Southern California’s Air Quality Management District has slapped Lineage with multiple violations tied to the warehouse.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026