kneecapping

• I hate to say it, but I think Owsley's putting me on Spider-Man, while it was the start of my career, went a ways toward kneecapping his, because it stirred all manner of resentment and I'm not sure he ever recovered from that. —  Comic Book Resources
• The section on how youth describes the normative culture of paramilitary exiling, or the systematic moving of troubled families from one Paramilitary controlled area to another, the summary forms of paramilitary justice from beatings, to kneecapping. —  Slugger O'Toole
• Regardless of one's views on global warming -- and there is ample scientific evidence to reject the claim that manmade carbon emissions are causing catastrophe -- the fact is that kneecapping the fossil fuel industry while diverting tax dollars into expensive, impractical forms of energy will not be an economic boon, but an economic disaster.
• The former American figure skater champion wasn't happy in 2007 when candidate Barack Obama talked about not pulling a Tonya Harding and kneecapping his opponent. —  WriteChic Press
• But now I'm back to being broke, courtesy of the IRS's annual kneecapping, so it's just left to ponder. —  Analog Industries

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