Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kneecap
Participle: kneecapped
Gerund: kneecapping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | kneecap |
| you | kneecap |
| he;she;it | kneecaps |
| we | kneecap |
| you | kneecap |
| they | kneecap |
Perfect
| I | have kneecapped |
| you | have kneecapped |
| he;she;it | has kneecapped |
| we | have kneecapped |
| you | have kneecapped |
| they | have kneecapped |
Past
| I | kneecapped |
| you | kneecapped |
| he;she;it | kneecapped |
| we | kneecapped |
| you | kneecapped |
| they | kneecapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had kneecapped |
| you | had kneecapped |
| he;she;it | had kneecapped |
| we | had kneecapped |
| you | had kneecapped |
| they | had kneecapped |
Future
| I | will kneecap |
| you | will kneecap |
| he;she;it | will kneecap |
| we | will kneecap |
| you | will kneecap |
| they | will kneecap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kneecapped |
| you | will have kneecapped |
| he;she;it | will have kneecapped |
| we | will have kneecapped |
| you | will have kneecapped |
| they | will have kneecapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kneecap |
| you | kneecap |
| he;she;it | kneecap |
| we | kneecap |
| you | kneecap |
| they | kneecap |
Perfect
| I | have kneecapped |
| you | have kneecapped |
| he;she;it | have kneecapped |
| we | have kneecapped |
| you | have kneecapped |
| they | have kneecapped |
Imperfect
| I | kneecapped |
| you | kneecapped |
| he;she;it | kneecapped |
| we | kneecapped |
| you | kneecapped |
| they | kneecapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had kneecapped |
| you | had kneecapped |
| he;she;it | had kneecapped |
| we | had kneecapped |
| you | had kneecapped |
| they | had kneecapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kneecap |
| you | would kneecap |
| he;she;it | would kneecap |
| we | would kneecap |
| you | would kneecap |
| they | would kneecap |
Perfect
| I | would have kneecapped |
| you | would have kneecapped |
| he;she;it | would have kneecapped |
| we | would have kneecapped |
| you | would have kneecapped |
| they | would have kneecapped |
Imperative
| you | kneecap |
| we | Let's kneecap |
| you | kneecap |
Verbs conjugated like 'kneecap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kneecap'
keep,
knap,
knead,
knee,
kneel,
neap,
recap,
sneap,
uncap,
unescape,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From knee + cap.
Sample Sentences
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The Sinn Féin press officer Richard McAuley freely admitted, “Back four or five years ago, people were getting kneecapped who should not have been kneecapped.” [2020, Liam Kennedy, Who Was Responsible for the Troubles?, McGill-Queen's Press, →ISBN, page 109:]
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This story of how American originality lost its way is arresting and well told. On an alternate timeline without Donald Trump in office dismantling the American scientific establishment and Elon Musk kneecapping the American state, it might have been the manifesto of a new politics. [2025 March 18, Samuel Moyn, “Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2025:]