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1. A crushing remark
   - squelch [informal], squelcher, takedown

1. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
   "put down your bags here";
   - set down, place down
    
2. Put in a horizontal position
   "put down the books on the table";
   - lay, repose
    
3. (air travel) cause to come to the ground
   "the pilot managed to put down the aeroplane safely";
   - 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. Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
   - drop, drop off, set down, unload, discharge
    
6. Put (an animal) to death
   "the sick cat had to be put down";
   - destroy
    
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, put down, puts down, putting down

See also: lay

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