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Kneecap   /nˈikˌæp/   Listen
noun
kneecap  n.  
1.
(Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneepan.
2.
A cap or protection for the knee.


verb
kneecap  v. t.  To break the knees of, especially by shooting in the kneecap; often done by criminal or terrorist groups as a warning or punishment. Note:
Synonyms: knee-cap.





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"Kneecap" Quotes from Famous Books



... horses were falling around him at every moment. St. Clair sent an aide, Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny, to ask how he was; he displayed no anxiety, and answered that he felt well. While speaking, a young cadet, who stood nearby, was hit on the kneecap by a spent ball, and at the shock cried aloud; whereat the General laughed so that his wounded side shook. The aide left him; and there is no further certain record of his fate except that he was slain; but it is said that in one of the Indian rushes ...
— The Winning of the West, Volume Four - Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 • Theodore Roosevelt


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