'takedown' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used as a noun or a verb. Here are some examples of how it can be used: Noun: - The MMA fighter executed a successful takedown on his opponent. - The police conducted a takedown of the suspected drug den. - The website was taken down by the hackers. Verb: - The security team quickly took down the intruder. - The government is planning to take down the drug lords. - The company decided to take down the controversial advertisement after receiving backlash from the public.
About five CIA officers would engage in what is described as a "rough takedown".
By 2007, the site's inbox was overflowing with takedown emails.
A dozen roses, as well, to CNN debate moderator John King for presenting the opportunity for Newt to take the media to task for leading with the tawdry and intensely private, in a scorching takedown at Thursday night's debate that's been running as a replay loop on television, and becoming an internet sensation.
The projected ICC takedown is entirely of a piece with this.
(The video itself prompted Universal to request a takedown … some people just can't get enough legal thrills).
One Rogue Reporter - described on the festival website as "a gutsy takedown best served funny" - has a star-studded cast of interviewees, including Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, John Bishop, Max Mosley, AC Grayling and John Prescott.
He even pastes in a column backing up his point (a link will do), but I prefer this more academic takedown of Mr Wilson's assertions.
While it is fun to read, say, Edmund Wilson's brutal takedown of detective stories—"I was outgrowing that form of literature at the age of 12 it feels like being offered a round of canapés after a rich meat course.
Today, websites and ISPs have to block or remove infringing material whenever they receive a DMCA takedown notice from a copyright holder something that happens more often than actually justified.
"THE largest federal health-care fraud takedown in our nation's history", was how Eric Holder, the attorney-general, described it.
As it is, several will no doubt pop up quickly, and they will last as long as it takes before the police catch another silly error (though a recent FBI takedown of Freedom Hosting, another Tor website which was used to spread child porn, suggests they do have some impressive technical powers).In the meantime, a lot of Silk Road users and drug dealers will be feeling a little uneasy.
