1
as in to ridicule
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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2
as in to dismiss
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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3
as in to refute
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 shoot down
Ukraine’s air-defense teams had spent hours tracking and trying to shoot down attack drones in the skies above the country.
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Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian air defenses shot down both missiles and 46 drones, a statement from the air force said.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Unilever shot down the offer amid concerns about corporate culture, cost cutting, and short-term focus.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Back then, the Supreme Court shot down Trump's efforts, although its decision suggested the conservative justices might be receptive to different arguments.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian air defenses shot down both missiles and 46 drones, a statement from the air force said.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Unilever shot down the offer amid concerns about corporate culture, cost cutting, and short-term focus.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Back then, the Supreme Court shot down Trump's efforts, although its decision suggested the conservative justices might be receptive to different arguments.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoot down
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In the ad, Eli confesses to a childhood dream of being a kicker, only to be ridiculed by his older brother.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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In arguments that frequently ridiculed the government’s case as weak and illogical, Cotter emphasized that there is a hard line between lobbying and bribery.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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Chutkan granted a request from Smith to dismiss the case after Mr. Trump won the presidential election in November because of a Justice Department policy that forbids the prosecution of a sitting president.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2025
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However, Cave pushed back against the idea of fully dismissing an artist’s work due to their personal failings.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
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While Kansas public health officials called it the largest U.S. concentration of the disease since recording began in the 1950s, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has refuted this, citing two larger episodes in the past.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Nicole’s lawyer, Bruce Weil of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, refutes that claim, saying that Dr. Wertheim never made such an offer.—
Kerry A. Dolan,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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On a later episode of SNL, Madonna mocked O’Connor by ripping up a photo of then-tabloid fixture Joey Buttafuoco.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Most of your editorials, John Brummett, Rex Nelson, and John Deering, are blatant Trump haters, and their smug, condescending echo-chamber mindsets are constantly denigrating, mocking, and disrespecting at least 64 percent of your potential readers.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The dismissals come less than three weeks after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people and brought new scrutiny to air traffic controllers and their workloads.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, in Atlanta, one person was killed after a tree fell on a home, according to Atlanta Fire Rescue Captain Scott Powell.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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DeSantis vetoed more than $500 million in local projects in 2023.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Trump, in his first term, vetoed the must-pass Defense bill that sets defense policy because of the commission.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Three were transported to nearby hospitals to receive treatments, and one refused medical help.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Feb. 2025
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The former Americans and Perry Mason star will play the mayor of a coastal New England town who refuses to believe his constituents’ warnings that the place is cursed.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Travelers also need to negative COVID-19 test within one day of flying to return to the United States.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
7 Feb. 2022
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Regardless, the outcome of this trial might not impact the ex-couple’s career prospects in all that negative a way, Engelmayer predicted.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
26 May 2022
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