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

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

Frequent collaborators like Popstar Benny and Alexander Spit provide the soundscape, and Sideshow chooses their most peculiar beats—the anxious ones that most resemble audio equipment thrown down a flight of stairs. —Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2026

As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025

Austin Butler’s cinema gods had thrown down a tablet, and written on that tablet was an invite to audition for Quentin Tarantino in person. —Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025