1. A crushing remark
   - squelch, squelcher, takedown

1. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
   - set down, place down 
2. Put in a horizontal position
   - lay, repose 
3. Cause to come to the ground
   - land, bring down 
4. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
   "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
   - take down, degrade, disgrace, demean 
5. Leave or unload
   - drop, drop off, set down, unload, discharge 
6. Put (an animal) to death
   "the sick cat had to be put down"
   - destroy, spiflicate, spifflicate 
7. Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
   - write down, set down, get down 
8. Make a record of; set down in permanent form
   - record, enter

Derived forms: put-downs, puts down, put down, putting down

See also: put

Type of: abase, arrive, chagrin, come, deliver, derision, get, humble, humiliate, kill, lay, mortify, place, pose, position, preserve, put, save, set, write

Encyclopedia: Put down

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