brought down

VERB

reduce or hurt

Synonyms

WEAK

KO abase cut down damage drop fell floor injure knock down lay low level lower mow down murder overthrow overturn prostrate pull down shoot down slay throw down tumble undermine upset wound

Antonyms

WEAK

aid encourage help raise

Example Sentences

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South Africa was reduced to 10 men just as the second half began when Sphephelo Sithole brought down Brian Gutiérrez, who was heading toward the goal unmarked.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Jerome Powell weathered a sustained political assault on Fed independence and brought down inflation without a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But a switch to solar has brought down costs and allowed families to operate the pans for longer.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

He suggested this had stayed with the on-field call but he must have misremembered - there was a VAR intervention to award the spot-kick after Ibrahima Konate brought down Wilfried Gnonto.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

At the graveyard, a few depressions, but otherwise the ground was filled with pine boughs the snow had brought down.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt