technical knockout
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- noun
- /ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈnɑkˌaʊt/
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nocaut técnico
- The boxing match ended with a technical knockout when the referee determined that one boxer could no longer defend himself.
- a technical knockout in the round
Examples
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And the winner by a technical knockout in the tenth round, and the new middleweight champion of the world, the Bronx Bull, Jake La Motta!
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In the second round, the bout concluded with a technical knockout as the referee intervened for the safety of the competitor.
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If he doesn't get up, it's a technical knockout.
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The winner by technical knockout, and still undefeated, Billy Fox!
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The winner by a technical knockout in two minutes and four seconds of the 13th round, and the new world's middleweight boxing champion, Sugar Ray Robinson!
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The fight ended after only nine minutes, in the third round, when the referee declared Muhammad Ali the victor by technical knockout after he had inflicted a deep cut over Jerry Quarry's left eye.
Academic text (2011) -
Wood won one of the more anticipated fights of the evening, scoring a technical knockout at 4:22 of the second round over John "First Class" Raio of Topsham in a mutual pro debut.
Blog text (16) -
De La Hoya won the match via an eleventh round technical knockout victory when referee Joe Cortez stopped the fight to spare Vargas from taking further punishment (Hoffer, "Getting Down" 48).
Academic text (2013) -
After the referee stopped the fight, the announcer declared a technical knockout in favor of the fighter who was still standing.
Synonyms
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A referee stopping a boxing match because a fighter cannot continue safely
How Conclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components give a partial clue: 'knockout' signals an end to the fight and 'technical' suggests it is due to a technicality rather than a literal blow. However, the precise boxing rule — that the referee stops the contest because a fighter cannot safely continue despite not being unconscious — is sports‑specific and not fully predictable from the constituents for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase technical knockout comes from boxing. In the ring a knockout means a fighter is made unconscious, but a technical stoppage is when the referee stops the fight because a boxer is too hurt or cannot safely continue even though they are not 'knocked out'.