Synonyms of shot down

shot down

verb

past tense of shoot down

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculed
• mocked
• laughed (at)
• poked fun at
• made fun of
• made sport of
• teased
• derided
• taunted
• scouted
• jeered
• ragged on
• gibed
• parodied
• cocked snooks (at)
• skewered
• cocked a snook (at)
• sneered (at)
• tormented
• scoffed (at)
• imitated
• put down
• harassed
• targeted
• scorned
• disparaged
• belittled
• ragged
• ribbed
• decried
• took off (on)
• quizzed
• rode
• rallied
• baited
• twitted
• razzed
• pestered
• mimicked
• caricatured
• tweaked
• bugged
• satirized
• chaffed
• kidded
• parroted
• harried
• heckled
• pooh-poohed
• pilloried
• lampooned
• bad-mouthed
• travestied
• needled
• burlesqued
• joshed
• hassled
• aped
• jived
• catcalled
• barracked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• commended
• applauded

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissed
• killed
• refused
• vetoed
• downed
• negatived
• blackballed
• declined
• disallowed
• disapproved
• nixed
• blacklisted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirmed
• approved
• passed
• allowed
• admitted
• ratified
• assented (to)
• elected
• supported
• sanctioned

3

as in refuted

to prove to be false

the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuted
• overturned
• challenged
• disproved
• discredited
• rebutted
• discussed
• falsified
• confounded
• confuted
• belied
• debunked
• questioned
• talked over
• contested
• disconfirmed
• gave the lie to
• doubted
• overthrew
• debated
• hashed (over)
• mistrusted
• queried
• mooted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• confirmed
• recorded
• verified
• showed
• validated
• documented
• supported
• backed (up)
• evidenced
• witnessed
• identified
• certified
• illustrated
• demonstrated
• displayed
• evinced
• attested
• manifested
• corroborated
• substantiated
• adduced
• buttressed
• authenticated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shot down

Drones were buzzing overhead, flying above us; they were being shot down. — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

After Palm Beach County shot down a controversial data center proposal — a decision supported by many neighbors — attention has now turned to what’s next. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

In a Bloomberg interview published Thursday, Zuckerberg discussed the cloud and shot down the bear case that the move signals that Meta has overbuilt its AI infrastructure. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 July 2026

In Kuwait, the military said falling debris wounded one person as the nation shot down three ballistic missiles, a cruise missile and 10 drones. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

On July 8, as hostilities ramped up again recently with new Iranian strikes on commercial shipping triggering more US military airstrikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have shot down yet another Reaper drone. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Air defenses shot down or jammed 139 drones, and two anti-radar missiles didn’t reach their targets. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

Russian sources indicate the Alligator was shot down by a local Mobile Fire Unit which was also hunting for drones. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The way Republican candidates for the office are being shot down even before the primary, let alone the election, the need for a viable candidate is urgent. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 2 July 2026