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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
kneecap .
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Examples
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A witness told the task force that the elephant appeared to have been "kneecapped" in the first bursts of fire after it crushed an unoccupied telephone booth.
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Any cellphone over $49 is "kneecapped" and will look like either it costs too much to make or that the carrier is asking too high a price, Entner says.
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I do learn that the "do less" or "do no harm" Geithner-Emanuel alliance â¨regularly kneecapped a Romer-Summers "do something" alliance--perhaps â¨because Summers' and Romer's small CEA and NEC staffs could only come up â¨with outlines and proposals rather than plans--which only the Treasury with â¨its ample staff could produce--and, as Geithner liked to say, "plan beats no â¨plan".
Brad DeLong: Review: Ron Suskind's Confidence Men Brad DeLong 2011
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Obama has kneecapped the US both domestically and internationally.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » News So Absurd There Is Almost No Point In Commenting On It 2009
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I do learn that the "do less" or "do no harm" Geithner-Emanuel alliance â¨regularly kneecapped a Romer-Summers "do something" alliance--perhaps â¨because Summers' and Romer's small CEA and NEC staffs could only come up â¨with outlines and proposals rather than plans--which only the Treasury with â¨its ample staff could produce--and, as Geithner liked to say, "plan beats no â¨plan".
Brad DeLong: Review: Ron Suskind's Confidence Men Brad DeLong 2011
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Such a PM might emerge, but if she tried to take a big gamble on a peace deal, she would be immediately kneecapped as her coalition disintegrated.
Matthew Yglesias » Israel: What a Center-Right Nation Looks Like 2009
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And just what will happen when a studio's major theatrical release gets kneecapped because everyone is staying at home watching their previous theatrical release from 60 days ago?
Scott Mendelson: The Shot Heard Round the Industry... Studios' doomed plan for pre-DVD Video On Demand. Scott Mendelson 2011
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Resistance from regime hard-liners kneecapped his efforts to reform the Libyan economy, and he reportedly tried to resign as head of economic planning on several occasions before leaving in early 2010.
Key Libyan Rebel Leader Is Quick Diplomatic Study Keith Johnson 2011
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And just what will happen when a studio's major theatrical release gets kneecapped because everyone is staying at home watching their previous theatrical release from 60 days ago?
Scott Mendelson: The Shot Heard Round the Industry... Studios' doomed plan for pre-DVD Video On Demand. Scott Mendelson 2011
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Progressives who took a strong stand on this bill got kneecapped by their own party leadership.
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