SHOOT DOWN Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

shoot down

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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 The General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces said the country’s air defense had intercepted and shot down five missiles launched from Iran. —

Callum Sutherland, Time, 10 June 2026 Nothing available other than a high-top in the bar section of one place, and that was shot down by the mother in question. —

Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026 The helicopters have also been used by the United Arab Emirates to shoot down Iranian drones. —

Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Iran did not directly claim responsibility for shooting down the helicopter, but some Iranian sources appeared to comment on the incident. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoot down

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Critics were quick to ridicule the new hire.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
When Pete Buttigieg floated a 15-member Supreme Court during his 2020 presidential campaign, for example, he was properly ridiculed by institutionalists.

— Washington Post Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026