Synonyms of thrown down

thrown down

verb

past participle of throw down

as in thrown

to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally

throw down the gun, and put your hands up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thrown
• dropped
• lowered
• depressed
• struck down
• knocked down
• knocked over
• flattened
• toppled
• plunked down
• floored
• plopped
• leveled
• fumbled
• immersed
• submerged
• sunk
• bungled
• foozled
• bobbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raised
• picked up
• lifted

Example Sentences

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