taking down

present participle of take down
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taking down
Verb
  • Poor data quality can provide wrong models and alerts, discrediting predictive monitoring.
    Hrushikesh Deshmukh, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Johnson released new guidelines for reporting gifts Wednesday after discrediting the investigation.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • By dismantling these programs, health disparities will continue to soar, not just for racial minorities but for essentially all Americans.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Lebanon's government was responsible for dismantling military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and confiscating unauthorized arms.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There were other chances, goals ruled out, Murphy striking the crossbar, and then Joelinton gilded the scoreline after intercepting a pass out from Amadou Onana that straddled negligence and criminality.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, Governor Maher Marwan, 42, said that Syria's new government did not want to seek conflict with Israel, which has been striking strategic military installations in Syria since the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad fell earlier this month.
    Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Workers began disassembling the street where the yellow letters were painted a block from the White House after the killing of a Black man by Minnesota police sparked nationwide protests nearly five years ago.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The activities include randomly selecting units, disassembling them at the Pantex Plant, and testing components at Sandia’s Weapons Evaluation Testing Laboratory.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Taking down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taking%20down. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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