THROWN DOWN Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

thrown down

verb

Definition of thrown down next

past participle of throw down

as in thrown

to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally throw down the gun, and put your hands up

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Recent Examples of thrown down During a collision, gas clouds could be thrown down toward each galaxy’s center and ultimately fall into decaying orbits around each awaiting black hole, forming huge disks there that would become extremely hot and potentially extremely bright. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026 The whole thing seemed to go south rapidly, with a 6 AM deadline thrown down as a marker. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026 London — Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to his potential rivals, defying calls to quit as Britain’s prime minister and instead challenging his would-be opponents to launch a formal challenge against his leadership of the Labour Party. —

Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 Eighteen months on, Tuchel had effectively thrown down a challenge to these same players in his media activity on Monday at Tottenham’s training ground. —

Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Leon Rengel saw some detainees being thrown down stairways, according to the lawsuit. —

Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026 One of her earliest memories was of her teenage sister sitting at the kitchen table one morning with a bruised eye and split lip, having been thrown down a flight of stairs by a boyfriend. —

Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 Court documents said tacks, blocks and toys were also thrown down the stairs during the video. —

Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 The gauntlet has been decisively thrown down. —

Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026

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Sometimes there would be groups of young men along the sidewalks by the entrance to the pool, playing a game with coins thrown against a wall.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
In eight seasons as the starting quarterback in Kansas City, Mahomes has finished in the top five league-wide for passes thrown from outside the pocket all but once.

— Sam McDowell June 3, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026