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• n  (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position
  a takedown counts two points
• n  a crushing remark

• Jonathan Chait has written an epic and perfectly Chaitian takedown of Naomi Klein for The New Republic (nothing else he writes will ever be as perfectly Chaitian as his takedown of .
• Lo Piccolo's takedown shuffles the deck in the organization, but hardly eradicates it.
• However, The Daily Show's original takedown attacked him (and CNBC at large) for giving crappy financial advice.

• put-down
• squelch
• squelcher

News & Articles

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• Former deputy director at the CIA signs book in Memphis, tells of fight against terrorism
  Philip Mudd, former CIA deputy director of counterterrorism, will talk and hold a book signing at 6 p.m. Thursday at Laurelwood Booksellers for his new book, “Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda.”
  June 19, 2013 - Memphis Commercial Appeal
• DPS CID: High Risk Sex Offender Arrested During Undercover Sting
  He's an accused high-risk sex offender who's been on the run -- that is until now. A full-scale undercover sting operation brought a wanted man in, and it was all caught on camera. The dramatic takedown at a gas station near Caldwell was part of a long-running DPS effort.
  June 18, 2013 - KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station
• On Takedown: Bentley, Buxton, Brands, Heffernan
  Fight Now TV Presents Takedown Wrestling in the Brute studios. Takedown Wrestling is proudly presented by Kemin, Inspired Molecular Solutions!
  June 14, 2013 - InterMat

Quotes

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• Foxy Brown in Washington Post
  The officer had to "use a takedown maneuver to gain control" of Brown, according to the report.
• Diego Velázquez in ESPN
  I trained hard for this fight, for the stand-up part of it,Velasquez said. "We were planning on pushing the pace wherever we could. Stay on the outside, work the stand-up, and, when the takedown was there, take it. Just kind of keep him...
• Stephan Bonnar in Toronto Sun
  I'm not too worried that he's going to submit me,Bonnar said. "I've trained my jiu jitsu diligently and my submission defence. Actually, I've really trained my wrestling and takedown defence for this one, too. So it's not going to be easy...