All kayo synonyms
kayΒ·o
K k noun kayo
- technical knockout β the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. Abbreviation: TKO, T.K.O.
- ko β a knockout in boxing.
- tko β technical knockout
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- coup de grace β A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- hearts and flowers β maudlin sentimentality: The play is a period piece, full of innocence abused and hearts and flowers.
verb kayo
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- obliterate β to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- annul β If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- delete β If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
- eradicate β Destroy completely; put an end to.
- erase β delete
- exterminate β Destroy completely.
- extinguish β Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- wipe out β an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- cancel β If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- efface β to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- exclude β Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
- extirpate β Root out and destroy completely.
- gut β the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- launder β to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- scrub β to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- zap β to kill or shoot.
- x out β to cross out or mark with or as if with an x (often followed by out): to x out an error.
- black out β If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- call off β If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- strike out β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- take out β the act of taking.
- coldcock β to knock (a person) to the ground
- do in β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- hamstring β (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- lay out β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.