takedown
IPA: tˈeɪkdaʊn
noun
- (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.
take down
IPA: tˈeɪkdˈaʊn
verb
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To swallow.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- (transitive) To reduce.