shot down

verb

Definition of shot downnext
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

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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

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3
as in refuted
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 Synonyms for shot down
  1. ridiculed
  2. dismissed
  3. refuted
  4. mocked
Verb
  • Yet again on Fountain Square, a Christmas tree meant to spread holiday cheer in Cincinnati is being ridiculed on social media for not being pretty enough.
    Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Some ridiculed this decision to deviate from the original pose and even used AI to alter it, which Erivo didn’t respond well to.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of ridiculed
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  • After nearly two years of legal wrangling, charges against Perry were dismissed by the state’s highest court.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The case against the man was eventually dismissed, and the lawsuit was settled for $7,500.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Fox News did ultimately air an interview with an election technology expert who refuted allegations of election fraud against Smartmatic.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • All sides refuted the story at the time, but former Browns executive Joe Banner said earlier this year that a deal, which would have involved multiple draft picks, was nixed by Harbaugh.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of refuted
Verb
  • Saturday Night Live mocked President Joe Biden's recent pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, during the cold open of its latest episode.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • She was mocked by an ex for her weight.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of mocked
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