bring down vs prostrate

bring down

verb
  • To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident. 

  • To reduce. 

  • To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind. 

  • To make someone feel bad emotionally. 

  • To make a ruler lose their position of power. 

  • To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle. 

  • To humble. 

prostrate

verb
  • To cause to lie down, to flatten. 

  • To throw oneself down in submission. 

  • To lie flat or face-down. 

  • To overcome or overpower. 

adj
  • Lying flat, face-down. 

  • Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. 

  • Trailing on the ground; procumbent. 

  • Emotionally devastated. 

How often have the words bring down and prostrate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )