Touchdown and Takeoff

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Touchdown noun - A score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line.

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Takeoff is an antonym for touchdown.

Takeoff noun - A rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket).

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Touchdown is an antonym for takeoff.

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Takeoff and Touchdown. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/touchdown/takeoff

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