kneecap
noun
the patella.
Example Sentences
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For weeks, automakers and suppliers have publicly sounded an optimistic tone, pointing to the industry’s lessons from a semiconductor crisis a few years ago that kneecapped production around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
In the decade and a half before the GCA kneecapped his war-surplus business, Cummings imported some 5 million firearms for distribution on the U.S. consumer market.
From Slate ● May 25, 2025
But her production lines were being constantly kneecapped by the start-stop of the grid.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025
The $4 billion dividend payment would have kneecapped Albertsons.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
The Delta wave kneecapped any sense that COVID-19 was behind us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
