kneecap

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I - noun

a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
patella, kneepan
• Derivationally related forms:
patellar (for: patella)
• Hypernyms:
sesamoid bone, sesamoid, os sesamoideum
• Part Holonyms:
knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu

II - verb

shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning
- They kneecapped the industrialist
• Hypernyms:
shoot, hit, pip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody