pull-down
1 of 2adjective
ˈpu̇l-ˌdau̇n 
: being or appearing below a selected item (such as an icon) in a window overlaying the original view on a computer display
The Mac screen offered help from cartoons, pointing devices, and commands on pull-down screens, making it vastly easier to comprehend than the nearly blank screen IBM presented.
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2 of 2verb
pulled down; pulling down; pulls down
transitive verb
1
a
: demolish, destroy
b
: to hunt down : overcome
2
a
: to bring to a lower level : reduce
b
: to depress in health, strength, or spirits
3
: to draw or earn (wages or salary)
Synonyms
Verb
- annihilate
- cream
- decimate
- demolish
- desolate
- destroy
- devastate
- do in
- extinguish
- nuke
- pulverize
- raze
- rub out
- ruin
- shatter
- smash
- tear down
- total
- vaporize
- waste
- wrack
- wreck
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Example Sentences
Verb a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1983, in the meaning defined above
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
pull-down
adjective
ˈpu̇l-ˌdau̇n
: appearing on a computer screen below a selected item
a pull-down menu
pulled down
verb
1
as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- destroyed
- ruined
- demolished
- shattered
- wrecked
- tore down
- devastated
- smashed
- rubbed out
- damaged
- overcame
- wasted
- did in
- eroded
- pulverized
- vaporized
- extinguished
- totaled
- annihilated
- marred
- decimated
- wracked
- razed
- creamed
- removed
- ravaged
- washed out
- killed
- desolated
- defeated
- cut down
- crippled
- wiped out
- crushed
- broke
- blasted
- nuked
- dismantled
- took down
- injured
- totalled
- subdued
- blew up
- blotted out
- triumphed (over)
- impaired
- licked
- conquered
- trimmed
- disintegrated
- mastered
- dissolved
- whipped
- surmounted
- killed off
- deteriorated
- prevailed (over)
- spoiled
- mutilated
- thrashed
- harmed
- mangled
- wore (away)
- beat
- overmatched
- routed
- clobbered
- scotched
- disfigured
- swept (away)
- trounced
- defaced
- disassembled
- bested
- assassinated
- unmade
- eradicated
- stamped (out)
- won (against)
- scoured
- slaughtered
- dynamited
- murdered
- gutted
- sacked
- overbore
- dilapidated
- obliterated
- vitiated
- plundered
- executed
- exterminated
- took out
- havocked
- rooted (out)
- vandalized
- expunged
- looted
- liquidated
- drubbed
- snuffed (out)
- undid
- extirpated
- skunked
- slew
- unbuilt
- massacred
- trampled
- effaced
- dispatched
- mowed (down)
- walloped
- spoilt
- butchered
- trashed
- zapped
- despoiled
- pillaged
- felled
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- built
- constructed
- set up
- raised
- erected
- created
- fixed
- brought about
- repaired
- put up
- produced
- reared
- made
- invented
- assembled
- manufactured
- formed
- shaped
- established
- organized
- patched
- forged
- molded
- fashioned
- founded
- fabricated
- revamped
- framed
- protected
- reconditioned
- constituted
- preserved
- instituted
- saved
- doctored
- mended
- restored
- rebuilt
- reconstructed
- conserved
- fathered
- remodeled
- renovated
2
as in demolished
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down Synonyms & Similar Words
- demolished
- tore down
- wiped out
- razed
- unbuilt
- levelled
- destroyed
- leveled
- blew up
- cracked up
- finished
- dynamited
- overturned
- wrecked
- unmade
- abolished
- obliterated
- pulverized
- ruined
- did in
- eradicated
- ravaged
- flattened
- wasted
- dissolved
- decimated
- extirpated
- totaled
- smashed
- annihilated
- devoured
- devastated
- scourged
- totalled
- crushed
- dashed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- built
- constructed
- raised
- erected
- put up
- restored
- rebuilt
- renewed
- created
- made
- manufactured
- formed
- shaped
- renovated
- forged
- fashioned
- fabricated
3
as in earned
to receive as return for effort he's pulling down six figures at that job Synonyms & Similar Words
- earned
- won
- gained
- reaped
- made
- garnered
- knocked down
- obtained
- got
- landed
- acquired
- realized
- brought in
- attained
- secured
- captured
- procured
- came by
- carried
- drew
- achieved
- bagged
- accomplished
- accumulated
- scored
- picked up
- racked up
- grossed
- netted
- occupied
- took over
- notched (up)
- amassed
- annexed
- regained
- reacquired
- caught
- cleared
- recaptured
- remade
- reattained
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lost
- paid
- granted
- forfeited
- gave
- accorded
- yielded
- handed over
- parted (with)
- gave up
- surrendered
- relinquished
- allogrooms
- alloiobiogenesis
- Alloiocoela
- alloiogenesis
- alloisomerism
- allokineses
- allokinesis
- allokinetic
- Allolobophora
- allomaternal
- allomerism
- allomerisms
- allomerous
- allometric
- allometries
- allometron
- allometry
- allomones
- allomorph
- allomorphic
- allomorphism
- allomorphisms
- allomorphite
- allomorphoses
- allomorphosis