1
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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2
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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3
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 Houthis, for their part, claim to have shot down at least seven U.S. Reaper drones, each of which costs about $30 million, since March.
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April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
Russia claimed to have thwarted the operation by shooting down 120 drones, including 20 over the Black Sea and 100 over land, but video and satellite imagery showed that there had been successful strikes on key targets.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
On May 7, India launched a series of missile attacks into Pakistani territory, and Pakistan shot down Indian jets in retaliation.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2025
India has not confirmed that the fighter jets were shot down.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
Russia claimed to have thwarted the operation by shooting down 120 drones, including 20 over the Black Sea and 100 over land, but video and satellite imagery showed that there had been successful strikes on key targets.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
On May 7, India launched a series of missile attacks into Pakistani territory, and Pakistan shot down Indian jets in retaliation.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2025
India has not confirmed that the fighter jets were shot down.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoot down
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This was baffling to many observers, including this one, and was widely ridiculed, even receiving a friendly jab from rival, Peacock.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The former lawmaker from Hawaii used her perch at Fox to defend Trump from negative headlines and to ridicule her former party over its vision for the country.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
10 May 2025
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The announcement comes after a jury candidate was dismissed on the first day of Combs' trial due to her connection to the publishing company.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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When Trump left the presidency in 2021, the court dismissed the case as moot, leaving the constitutional provision largely untested and unresolved.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
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Depardieu has repeatedly refuted both accounts saying his actions had been misinterpreted.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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What To Know In response, Baraka appeared on CNN's The Source With Kaitlan Collins, refuting Habba's claims.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Similarly, this administration has mocked the constitutional process of due process, whereby the accused get their day in court.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
9 May 2025
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Crockett has been outspokenly opposed to Republican efforts to keep trans athletes out of women's and girls' sports, even previously mocking Americans who claim to have been impacted.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
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After a preliminary investigation, authorities determined the father fatally stabbed his sons and wife before killing himself.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Now that Anne Arundel's top prosecutor has been removed from the trial of a doctor accused of killing his wife, the county's State's Attorney's Office may step away from the case completely.—
Luke Parker,
Baltimore Sun,
12 May 2025
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This is, for all intents and purposes, is the same bill that Shapiro vetoed in 2023, this time without the huge lobbying effort (the Commonwealth Action website has not been updated since 2023).—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Mayor Daniella Levine Cava vetoed the item on April 11, and commissioners voted 8-4 to overturn her veto on Tuesday morning.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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Related Stories Sonja Morgan Banned from N.Y.C. Hotspot After Walking Out on $1,000 Bill Sonja Morgan Speaks Out After Leaving Restaurant in Ambulance On May 10, Morgan allegedly refused to pay her $1000 bill at Tucci, an upscale restaurant in the Noho neighborhood of Manhattan.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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For more than a decade, Cox has refused to carry SportsNet LA because of its high cost.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Confusion reigned, and so on Friday, the stock went from positive to negative to deeply negative in a matter of hours.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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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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“Shoot down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot%20down. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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