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View synonyms for technical knockout
technical knockout
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. : TKO, T.K.O.
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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Origin of technical knockout1
First recorded in 1945–50
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