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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A victory in boxing, with immediate termination of the match, awarded by the referee when it appears that one fighter is too badly injured to continue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun sports A knockout declared by a
referee in cases where aparticipant is sufficientlyinjured ,unbalanced , or confused and unable to continue the fight;
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
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