SHOOTING DOWN Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

shooting down

verb

present participle of shoot down

as in ridiculing

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 dismissing

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 refuting

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 shooting down Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed an effort to extend the pre-eviction filing notice period by 15 days, weeks after shooting down a similar measure that would have extended the period by 30 days. —

Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 May 2026 As the rookie in the studio, Kay wasn’t completely comfortable shooting down ideas, yet. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026 Boyington was a flying ace credited with shooting down 28 Japanese aircraft during the war. —

Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026 So far lawmakers haven’t, slowing, softening and then shooting down a bipartisan measure that would have enlisted the state Department of Agriculture to take on the burgeoning pest. —

Mark Dee march 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2026 Rocket launchers capable of shooting down aircraft and destroying armored vehicles were seized at the scene. —

Maria Verza, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026 The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, stemmed from the Pentagon’s plans to test a laser for use in shooting down drones used by Mexican drug cartels, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity to share sensitive details. —

Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 What all this boils down to is that even a laser weapon that's already shooting down hostile drones is streets away from one that's officially part of the armory. —

New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026 Tisdale French's rep is shooting down the theories percolating online. —

Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026

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North Korea also conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.

— Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
North Korea conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued crude statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026