taken down

past participle of take down
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Recent Examples of taken down In the 40th minute, Navarro made a run into the box and was taken down by Nkosi Tafari, drawing a yellow card and a Colorado penalty kick. Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Many of the clips have since been taken down by copyright strikes. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The idea is that Disney’s notorious copyright strikes would be enough to get any unsolicited videos taken down across social media. Joshua Hong, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Previously, only sidewalk cafes could operate in all seasons, while cafes on the street were only allowed to be open from April through November, and then had to be taken down. Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Statues of controversial figures were vandalized and taken down, with more than 160 Confederate works removed from public spaces in 2020. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Earlier Saturday morning, Morrissey’s website still had the shows listed, but they’ve since been taken down. Jack Dunn, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026 Democrats have also seen incumbent leaders backed by the establishment taken down in their primaries by an insurgent socialist movement. Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026 Hilton’s TikTok account was later banned, and the livestream has since been taken down. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
Verb
  • In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Crews had the one-alarm fire knocked down in about six minutes.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The way Willis probably views it, Thursday’s practice is no different than the story of his playing career as a quarterback who consistently got knocked down, but kept getting up.
    Omar Kelly August 21, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While padlocks have been found at Jewish cemeteries in Poland, the study authors noted the site carried no other characteristic features suggesting this was a Jewish grave.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The group noted that more than 140,000 Haitians have been deported from neighboring countries, including the Dominican Republic, in the first half of the year alone.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church.
    Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • But because there are rules and codes that have to be honored to make sports work, the transgressors typically are penalized or at least shamed for doing so.
    Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Department crews disconnected an eight-inch water main on Wednesday to conduct emergency repairs, resulting in a temporary water outage for the area.
    CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • How bizarre, off-putting and disconnected from the NFL would that be?
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Our business has no fix for that, so our observations get written down and thrown into a production report.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Sir John de Stricheley died at the castle in 1341 (and was important enough to have his death written down properly).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The British Royal Navy, worried about French ships falling into German hands following their ally’s defeat, sunk the fleet in the port of Mers-el-Kébir, near Oran in Algeria.
    Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Talks with Canada have broken down again, with Mark Carney deciding retaliation is set for September 8.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Where the model has broken down is when departures happened without an anchor — when members left the group itself rather than just the label, or when a member’s exit was involuntary or acrimonious rather than mutually agreed.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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