TAKEN DOWN Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

taken down

verb

past participle of take down

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes

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as in knocked down

to take apart electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run

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as in noted

to make a written note of took down the customer's contact information

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Recent Examples of taken down The controversy escalated to the Supreme Court, and Pandey subsequently confirmed the title had been withdrawn and that all promotional material had been taken down, with a new title yet to be announced. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026 Organizations that sustain Iran's regime are being systematically and deliberately taken down. —

FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026 As the day continued and police barriers were taken down, witnesses, friends and strangers left flowers and candles on a makeshift memorial on Buford’s front step. —

Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026 Twelve of the photographs had appeared on the eBay site Crain's Militaria earlier this month before being taken down. —

CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026 More than 10,000 such comments were taken down during the Paris Games, IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. —

Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 The fallout has been major, with the BBC criticized for leaving up a version of the ceremony on iPlayer in which the racial slur was audible for 15 hours before it was taken down. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026 Spanning 6,611 square feet with five bedrooms, this residence was carefully taken down to the studs and restored from 2020-22. —

Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026 But one person familiar with the decisions told Semafor that at least one executive from a company described by the survey had reached out to multiple outlets asking for the pieces to be taken down, arguing that the survey data was faulty and biased. —

Max Tani, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026

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At one point in his teenage years, Diaz was publicly humiliated by the football team who forcefully shaved his curly hair.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Walz and Ellison were humiliated and could not account for their blundering.

— Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026