KO'ing

verb

Definition of KO'ingnext
present participle of KO
as in knocking out

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  1. downing
  2. leveling
  3. toppling
Verb
  • The Bulldogs handed the Longhorns their only loss this season, downing Texas 30-15 on the road on October 19.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Russia's Defense Ministry reported downing 36 Ukrainian drones overnight Saturday and early Sunday.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of downing
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  • Security video shows the killer approaching Thompson from behind, leveling his pistol and firing several shots, barely pausing to clear a gun jam while the executive tumbled to the sidewalk.
    Michael Balsamo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The cast does try, though, with Fassbender leveling his unyielding gaze on yet another role driven by intense, near-constant solemnity.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of leveling
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  • However, while there are no doubts that toppling Assad marks the end of a horrific era, Alaa Karkouti, CEO and co-founder of prominent Arab film distribution and marketing and talent agency MAD Solutions — who left his native Syria for Cairo before the civil war — struck a more cautious note.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Videos have been posted online of Syrians apparently toppling statues from the Bashar al-Assad regime after rebels declared the country free of the family that has ruled it for the last 50 years.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of toppling
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KO'ing

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