kayoes
Sends to canvas
Kayoes is the plural of kayo, a spelling of KO—the abbreviation for knockout.
In boxing and fighting contexts, a kayo is a blow that renders an opponent unable to continue: He had twelve kayoes in his professional career.
As a verb, kayoes means knocks out: She kayoes her opponent in the third round.
Incapacitating final blow
- TKOReferee-stopped victory
- pugilismArt of fighting with fists
- ringClosed curve shape
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
welterweight · middleweight · lightweight · bantamweight · sparring · jab · hook · uppercut
Complete power loss
- collapseSudden structural failure
- faintWeak and indistinct
- knockout blowStrike causing unconsciousness
- lights outMandatory sleep time
down for the count · out cold · senseless · stunned · dazed · floored · flattened · decked
knockout
Incapacitating final blow
heavyweight · welterweight · middleweight · lightweight · bantamweight · sparring · jab · hook · uppercut · cross
blackout
Complete power loss
- collapseSudden structural failure
- faintWeak and indistinct
- knockout blowStrike causing unconsciousness
lights out · down for the count · out cold · senseless · stunned · dazed · floored · flattened · decked · dropped
vanquish
Defeat thoroughly in conflict
overpower · crush · thrash · clobber · demolish · beat · flatten · floor · deck · drop
kayoesdecisions
Conclusions reached after consideration
goes the distance · draws · split decisions · majority decisions · no contest