Meanings
nountakedown (plural takedowns)
plural takedowns
- slangA taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
- governmentA taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
Takedown (grappling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
The DMCA also gives the targets of notice-and-takedown complaints a limited opportunity to have access to their materials restored.
2001, Charles H. Kennedy, An introduction to U.S. telecommunications law
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from take down.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German polizeiliche Festnahme, Verhaftung
- polizeiliche Festnahmea taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer
- Verhaftunga taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer
- Takedownmartial arts
- Zubodenbringenmartial arts
- zu Boden Bringenmartial arts
- Flachlegenmartial arts
- zwangsweise Löschungenforced removal of material
- zwangsweise Entfernungenforced removal of material
Irish leagan
- leaganmartial arts
Polish nalot, rzut na matę
- nalota taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer
- rzut na matęmartial arts
- przymusowe usunięcieenforced removal of material
Portuguese derrubada, queda
- derrubadamartial arts
- quedamartial arts
Spanish derribe
- derribemartial arts
Swedish fällning
- fällningmartial arts
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Cite this entry
APA
takedown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takedown
MLA
“takedown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takedown. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “takedown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takedown.
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