PULLS DOWN Synonyms: 222 Similar and Opposite Words

pulls down

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull down

as in destroys

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

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as in demolishes

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down

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as in earns

to receive as return for effort he's pulling down six figures at that job

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Recent Examples of pulls down Rookie Bill Russell scores 19 points and pulls down a game-high 32 rebounds. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Gravity pulls down particles, which then swirl back up with the smallest crosscurrent. —

Nashia Baker, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026 This is reached by a sliding door and has his and hers wardrobes, a TV mounted on the ceiling that pulls down for vertical viewing, and a queen-sized storage bed. —

New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026 That pulls down the median sales price even if the price per square foot continues to steadily rise from about $127 in 2016 to $231 today. —

Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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Standard recycling destroys the whole part just to clean it.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
The mechanism is an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase, or PPO, abundant in bananas, which destroys flavanols both during blending and inside the stomach.

— Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026