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as in to ridicule
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank
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as in to dismiss
to reject by or as if by a vote
every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks
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Recent Examples of shoot down
Ukrainian defenses shot down 144 out of a total of 210 air targets, Ukraine’s air force reported later on Sunday.
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Joanna Kozlowska, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Voters were shooting down a proposal for the county to elect a charter commission to generally revise the county's home rule charter and frame and submit to the voters a revised charter, according to unofficial results.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Drone fleets are impractical if not impossible to shoot down with conventional projectiles.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Joanna Kozlowska, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Voters were shooting down a proposal for the county to elect a charter commission to generally revise the county's home rule charter and frame and submit to the voters a revised charter, according to unofficial results.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Drone fleets are impractical if not impossible to shoot down with conventional projectiles.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Some ridiculed this decision to deviate from the original pose and even used AI to alter it, which Erivo didn’t respond well to.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2024
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Critics on the left—social democrats and communists—ridiculed fascism as homosexual.Christopher Ewing / Made by History, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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Back on the ground, the camera observes Chris Smalls, a former Amazon employee dismissed the year before from the JFK8 fulfillment center for his activism over proper measures to protect workers from COVID.Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Journalists and prosecutors have suggested Trump could order the Justice Department to dismiss the federal corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams or pardon him if he’s convicted.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Politics Trump’s Cabinet picks will test Senate independence Nov. 14, 2024 Kennedy spread the myths — refuted by science — that vaccines commonly injure children and cause autism.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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Some suspect that Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, runs his social media account, but a short video featuring Nurmagomedov was posted to refute those suspicions.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Senior Biden aide mocks Trump team for 'taking credit' for ceasefire President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has mocked Donald Trump's incoming administration for trying to take credit for the Israel ceasefire with Lebanon.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, some critics on social media mocked her even further for boasting about shooting 39%.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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During one incursion in September, Israeli forces shot and killed another child: 16-year-old Hani Al-Qirri.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the country's unresolved civil war, said dozens of fighters from both sides were killed.SARAH EL DEEB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Trump himself once threatened to veto an annual defense bill unless Congress repealed the legal protections for social media companies by a law called Section 230.Clare Duffy, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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Ohio law already prohibits transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity and prevents transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care, a measure that DeWine initially vetoed.Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
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When McCarthy refused to end the investigation, Gaetz and his MAGA friends in the House successfully called a vote to have McCarthy ousted from his leadership role.Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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The requirement has long been a contentious topic – hundreds of conscientious objectors have been jailed over the years, according to Amnesty International, many of whom refused to serve on religious grounds.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Travelers also need to negative COVID-19 test within one day of flying to return to the United States.Dallas News, Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
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Regardless, the outcome of this trial might not impact the ex-couple’s career prospects in all that negative a way, Engelmayer predicted.Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 26 May 2022
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“Shoot down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot%20down. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.
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