taken down

verb

past participle of take down
1
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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2
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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3
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 His Facebook account was also taken down in 2019, further limiting his online presence. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Both Good Good and Callaway have apologized for the ad, which has been taken down. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Colossal also states that competition dashboards and profile pages are taken down after the campaign concludes. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
  1. humiliated
  2. knocked down
  3. noted
  4. shamed
  5. disconnected
  6. written down
  7. sunk
  8. broken down
Verb
  • My husband was humiliated, he was degraded, and not able to defend himself.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Their time in Fiji was marked by endless drama, with Sincere often lying and leaving Melanie feeling humiliated on several occasions.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of humiliated
Verb
  • Con Edison was also called in due to power lines being knocked down behind the homes.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Metro Fire crews knocked down the vehicle fire and tended to the two before pronouncing one of the victims dead at the scene.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked down
Verb
  • However, consumers should also be mindful of the potential high salt content in canned fish, as well as the amount of mercury in bigger fish like tuna, the experts noted.
    — Diana Anos, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Tiedemann noted that permit levels are intentionally set with some buffer, so that a violation doesn’t immediately cause a crisis.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of noted
Verb
  • He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as woman who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • And, often, the material is so technical that it is disconnected from real-world use, leading to even less engagement and retention.
    — Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Media already selected for AI training may remain in Google's training systems after it has been disconnected from your account.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
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  • Capricorn December 22 – January 19 A bigger plan becomes more realistic when the next step is written down.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of written down
Verb
  • Troubles from the start The groundbreaking attraction, which Six Flags has sunk millions of dollars into, was plagued with problems from the outset.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Search aircraft and ships on Tuesday were scouring the area where the cargo ship MV Ocean Winner reportedly sunk Saturday about 276 miles (444 kilometers) from the Paradip coast of India's eastern Odisha state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of sunk
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  • Below that on a closing basis and the uptrend that has been in place since last fall has broken down.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That conjecture could be broken down into two separate problems.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of broken down

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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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