Synonyms for takedown
take·down

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1. takedownnoun

   (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position

   "a takedown counts two points"

   Synonyms:
   put-down, squelch, squelcher

2. put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedownnoun

   a crushing remark

   Synonyms:
   squelch circuit, squelcher, squelch, put-down

Matched Categories

1. • Derision
   • Fall
   • Wrestling

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1. List of paraphrases for "takedown":

   evacuate

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1. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

   As this takedown should make clear, health care fraud is not an abstract violation or benign offense, it is a serious crime.

2. Gurshabad Grover:

   It can lead to en masse takedown of content, intermediaries are often happy to take down perfectly legal content just to avoid liability.

3. Reece Kershaw:

   Essentially, we have been in the back pockets of organized crime and operationalized a criminal takedown like we have never seen, the use of encrypted communication apps presents significant challenges to law enforcement and ANoM has given law enforcement a window into the level of criminality that we have never seen before on this scale.

4. Mike Stuart:

   This is not a takedown of corner dealers... and addicts, it is a potential game-changer for Huntington.

5. Adam Schiff:

   Transparency continues to be the most effective tool in combating the malign behavior of foreign adversaries who intend to mislead and divide the American public through social media, ..., Facebooks takedown of Iran-linked malign influence pages and accounts is further evidence that such deceptive campaigns are worldwide in ambition. This requires a level of vigilance about disinformation operations that we could not have predicted only a few years ago.