TAKEDOWN

squelch, put-down, squelcher, takedown

(noun) a crushing remark

takedown

(noun) (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; “a takedown counts two points”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

takedown (plural takedowns)

(slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.

(martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.

Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.

Anagrams

• downtake

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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