Kind
Kind noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
Taking down and kind are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taking down" instead a noun "Kind".
Taking down
Kind and taking down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kind" instead a noun phrase "Taking down".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Batman Cold Open: Sword of Storms opens with Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien taking down some kind of giant bat-monster (presumably Camazotz, the Mayan bat-god.) Blood and Iron starts with Hellboy and Abe Sapien taking down what seems to be a cybernetic Minotaur.
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In the original AD&D, all rangers had goblinoids and giants as their enemy, owing to the roots of the class, but with the advent of Second Edition, one could choose which kind of enemy their ranger was dedicated to taking down.
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Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo: The Ax-Crazy protagonist Fumio's reaction to getting sprayed in the face after taking down someone standing between her and her target, the ex-boyfriend Takumi, could be taken as innuendo for a different kind of fluid.
Source: Bloody Hilarious
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