SHOT DOWN Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

shot down

verb

past tense of shoot down

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 Air defenses shot down at least 194 drones bound for the Russian capital overnight into Thursday, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. —

Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 190 drones were shot down on approach to Moscow overnight, with several reaching the oil refinery. —

Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 18 June 2026 Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defenses shot down more than 130 drones approaching the city. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 Ukraine said its defenses shot down or otherwise destroyed at least 216 drones or missiles. —

Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 18 June 2026 One policy that would have hiked fees for certain types of visas was shot down in federal court this month. —

Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 In a statement, the Jordanian Armed Forces said aircraft had intercepted and shot down the missiles but no injuries or damage had been reported as a result of falling debris. —

Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 June 2026 Iran has also shot down dozens of US MQ-9 Reaper drones used for surveillance that can each cost more than $30 million. —

Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026 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

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Professional opportunities were nearly nonexistent, and some were ridiculed for playing.

— Latif Love June 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
It was ridiculed by people outside the club and maybe that has something to do with it.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026