bring down
Make something fall
To bring down is to cause something elevated to fall or descend.
You bring down a bird while hunting, bring down a fever with medication, or bring down a government through protest.
To bring down the house is to provoke tremendous applause.
To bring someone down is to depress them: Don't let the news bring you down.
Reduce or move downward
diminish · shrink · curtail · trim · scale back · downgrade · depress · undercut
Defeat thoroughly in conflict
- conquerOvercome by force
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- crushCompress with force
topple · oust · humble · fell · drop · floor · tackle · overpower
Abrupt seizure of power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- usurpSeize without right
- toppleCause to fall
oust · depose · unseat · regime change · uprising · revolt · rebellion · insurrection
Deliberate structural destruction
- implosionViolent collapse inward
- toppleCause to fall
- crumbleFragment gradually
- fallDescend under gravity
tumble · cave-in · wreckage · rubble · raze · flatten · level · dismantle
Cause to grieve
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- dampenWet slightly or diminish
- deflateRelease air from
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
dispirit · demoralize · bum out · deject · buzzkill · sobering · damper
lower
Reduce or move downward
slash · diminish · shrink · curtail · trim · scale back · downgrade · depress · undercut · deflate
vanquish
Defeat thoroughly in conflict
crush · topple · oust · humble · fell · drop · floor · tackle · overpower · outmatch
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- usurpSeize without right
topple · oust · depose · unseat · regime change · uprising · revolt · rebellion · insurrection · mutiny
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
fall · tumble · cave-in · wreckage · rubble · raze · flatten · level · dismantle · structural failure
sadden
Cause to grieve
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- dampenWet slightly or diminish
- deflateRelease air from
discourage · dispirit · demoralize · bum out · deject · buzzkill · sobering · damper
fell
To chop down
wing · ground · neutralize · intercept · hit
- bring downtopple, fell, overthrow, dethrone, oust
- football tacklesarm tackle, ankle tackle, gang tackle, shoulder tackle, sack
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- divisiondivision, divide, divided, dividing, split
- scaling downscale back, cut back, dial back, taper off, roll back