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kayo

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kayo /ˌkeɪˈəʊ / Boxing informal
noun
(plural kayos)
a knockout:
a sixth-round kayo.
verb
( kayoes, kayoing, kayoed)
[with object] knock (someone) out:
he was kayoed by Patterson in the sixth round
it's a software virus that kayoes computer systems.
– ORIGIN 1920s: representing the pronunciation of KO.
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