pulled down

past tense of pull down
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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings

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Recent Examples of pulled down No other receiver on Minnesota’s 53-man roster — Tai Felton, Jeshaun Jones and Myles Price — has pulled down a reception in the first three games. — Omar Kelly october 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 The GoFundMe gained national attention and raised nearly $290,000 before it was pulled down. — David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 With Centennial driving, Champlin Park's Eric Lukes pulled down a brilliant toe-tapping interception to kill a Cougars' drive. — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 The juvenile victim later alleged during a forensic interview that Tucker had pulled down his own pants at one point and sat on the victim with his bare buttocks touching the younger boy’s skin. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026 To convert the solid preforms into fiber, workers load them into multi-story draw towers where they are heated and pulled down to 125 microns in diameter — roughly the width of a human hair. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 The long, silky swathe is tied around the base of the bun, with the ends pulled down the back. — Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Sep. 2026 Portland was awarded the kick after Monique Ngock pulled down Thorns midfielder Nina Nijstad in the box. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 From the moment the shutters were lifted, at noon, until they were pulled down, at ten, there were men outside. — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled down
Verb
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • The site includes four buildings that will possibly be demolished, if the plan is approved by the city.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • After more than 80 years, crews this week demolished a historic bridge that carried travelers across the Mississippi River between Missouri and downstate Illinois.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Romero earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, Long Beach, in addition to her doctorate from UC Riverside.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Formed in 2012, Polaris broke through with 2017’s The Mortal Coil and 2020’s The Death of Me, both of which debuted in the Australian Top 10 and earned ARIA nominations for best hard rock/heavy metal album.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
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  • As Vanderslice unwittingly contributed to the story with some quotes, not realizing the tone and direction of the article, his candidacy was derailed and his credibility ruined.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some suburbs battled soil erosion, which ruined rivers and contaminated drinking water.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • Thousands of fans in a crowd of 48,238 stormed the field and tore down both goalposts to celebrate the end of a four-game KU losing streak.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In 2023, the Claramontes tore down the house, despite protests from civic leaders who sought to maintain the area’s heritage.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Yann LeCun won the 2018 Turing Award—computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize—along with fellow AI researchers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio for their work on deep learning, the neural network technology that underpins today’s AI boom.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Under Kreiz, Mattel also has won new or renewed entertainment licenses, including Disney Princess and Frozen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toy Story, KPop Demon Hunters and DC.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When Lee is so clearly shattered, sitting at home in silence and in darkness?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This trust, known as the presumption of regularity, has been shattered, and a growing number of judges have expressed frustration and alarm.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • In July, Anthropic described three instances where its Claude models accessed the internet during an evaluation and gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three different organizations.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Lindvall gained experience with Ludovic de Saint Sernin and the Swedish Fashion Council; Idink worked with independent designer showrooms.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Pulled down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20down. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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