Definition of "takedown" []

• Having the capability of being taken down or apart: a takedown rifle; a takedown scaffold. (adjective)
• An article or apparatus that can be taken down or apart. (noun)
• The mechanism that allows an article or apparatus to be easily taken down. (noun)
• Sports A move or maneuver in wrestling or the martial arts in which a standing opponent is forced to the floor. (noun)
• Informal The act of humiliating a person. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Notice and takedown is reactive; what about proactive options, like filtering?"
• "Felman: Notice and takedown is now under consideration by ICANN for new top-level domain names, because of the success of the DMCA."
• "The researchers rigged the software agents to implicate three laserjet printers, which were then accused in takedown letters by the M.P.A.A. of downloading copies of “Iron Man” and the latest Indiana Jones film."