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Kneecapping

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. countable, gerund, uncountable

    "The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping."

  2. 2
    An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement. broadly, countable, figuratively, gerund, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of kneecap form-of, gerund, participle, present

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