technical knockout

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noun Boxing.

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.

Origin of technical knockout

First recorded in 1945–50

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Related Words for technical knockout

blow, kayo, KO, TKO

British Dictionary definitions for technical knockout

technical knockout

noun

boxing a judgment of a knockout given when a boxer is in the referee's opinion too badly beaten to continue without risk of serious injury

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