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as in ridiculed
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 dismissed
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 refuted
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 shot down
Jansen Funding vote fails for the 10th time The Senate once again shot down a measure to reopen the government Thursday.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Pakistan, China’s closest military partner and currently the only foreign operator of the J-10C, claims its aircraft shot down Indian jets during a five-day conflict in May.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately for him, Judge Arun Subramanian shot down the request as the Bureau of Prisons will accommodate general locations for sentences, but not specific prisons.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
However, when Horowitz suggested the idea of Fishburne potentially joining the Star Wars universe, the actor shot down the idea faster than Han Solo shot Greedo.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
In some areas, rebels have claimed to have shot down a junta paramotor, according to a statement issued by the Burma Revolution Rangers group in April.
—CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
But on Friday, the Supreme Court shot down that mandate, leaving hundreds of thousands even more fearful of what might happen next as immigration officers round up Venezuelans with TPS throughout the country.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Though Russian craft have repeatedly violated NATO airspace during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the shootdowns over Poland represented the first time NATO had shot down Russian drones.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Schumer on Monday shot down talk about Senate Democrats proposing a weeklong or 10-day government funding bill to buy more time for the two sides to continue talking.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Pakistan, China’s closest military partner and currently the only foreign operator of the J-10C, claims its aircraft shot down Indian jets during a five-day conflict in May.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately for him, Judge Arun Subramanian shot down the request as the Bureau of Prisons will accommodate general locations for sentences, but not specific prisons.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
However, when Horowitz suggested the idea of Fishburne potentially joining the Star Wars universe, the actor shot down the idea faster than Han Solo shot Greedo.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
In some areas, rebels have claimed to have shot down a junta paramotor, according to a statement issued by the Burma Revolution Rangers group in April.
—CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
But on Friday, the Supreme Court shot down that mandate, leaving hundreds of thousands even more fearful of what might happen next as immigration officers round up Venezuelans with TPS throughout the country.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Though Russian craft have repeatedly violated NATO airspace during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the shootdowns over Poland represented the first time NATO had shot down Russian drones.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Schumer on Monday shot down talk about Senate Democrats proposing a weeklong or 10-day government funding bill to buy more time for the two sides to continue talking.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shot down
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Hegseth has ridiculed some of the media concerns and embraced the dispute on social media.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Using simple yet incandescent prose, Paine renounced, repudiated and ridiculed at a clip seldom witnessed in print before or since.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Amid speculation about why Brandy abruptly left the concert — Monica immediately dismissed any possible bad blood by shouting out Brandy when the show continued — the singer explained in a statement Sunday morning that she was forced to exit due to health issues.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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And chronic detainee hunger is often dismissed by inspectors, as long as the menus are certified as nutritionally adequate.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The couple has publicly refuted those claims, affirming the authenticity of their partnership.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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When rumors flew in the colonies that Franklin had personally designed the Stamp Act, William refuted the charges.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their mother began a relationship with a swaggering alcoholic, their future stepfather, who mocked Scott for being soft.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Dick Van Dyke’s cockney in Mary Poppins is still mocked, but fondly.—
Remy Blumenfeld,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Islamists were seen as complicit in India’s worst plane hijack in 1999 and the 2008 attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, which killed several Indian citizens, including two senior diplomats.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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In April that year, an explosion at the facility killed one worker and injured four others, CNN affiliate WSMV reported.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Another fumble, this one collected by the Buccaneers, was overturned on replay review.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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This plan provides an opportunity for enhanced ownership, but not so much that Elon can’t still be overturned by his fellow shareholders.—
Shane Goodwin,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Through more than a decade of running a business and raising a son, Whebbe and Paoli refused to give up on getting the Book Lady’s books into the hands of people who will love them.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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While thousands focused on the federal government at the rally, at least one woman seemed more concentrated on calling out how Attorney General Andrea Campbell has refused to enforce the legislative audit that state voters approved last November.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Trump invited, and Erdogan vetoed.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Newsom vetoed another measure, Senate Bill 24, which also followed The Bee’s reporting on SoCalGas spending.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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