Synonyms of shoot down

shoot down

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridicule
• mock
• laugh (at)
• rag on
• make sport of
• make fun of
• poke fun at
• tease
• scout
• deride
• parody
• taunt
• jibe
• jeer
• gibe
• cock snooks (at)
• skewer
• scoff (at)
• imitate
• sneer (at)
• cock a snook (at)
• torment
• harass
• put down
• target
• pooh
• scorn
• take off (on)
• disparage
• belittle
• decry
• ride
• rag
• rib
• needle
• mimic
• kid
• rally
• bug
• bait
• quiz
• tweak
• razz
• pester
• caricature
• twit
• jive
• harry
• parrot
• satirize
• bad-mouth
• ape
• josh
• pooh-pooh
• chaff
• heckle
• hassle
• burlesque
• pillory
• lampoon
• catcall
• travesty
• barrack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• commend
• endorse
• applaud
• sanction
• indorse

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismiss
• kill
• veto
• refuse
• negative
• down
• blackball
• decline
• disapprove
• nix
• disallow
• blacklist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirm
• allow
• pass
• admit
• approve
• ratify
• support
• assent (to)
• elect
• sanction

3

as in to refute

to prove to be false

the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refute
• overturn
• disprove
• challenge
• discredit
• rebut
• falsify
• discuss
• confute
• confound
• belie
• debunk
• question
• talk over
• contest
• disconfirm
• overthrow
• give the lie to
• doubt
• debate
• hash (over)
• query
• mistrust
• moot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prove
• establish
• verify
• show
• confirm
• validate
• support
• document
• record
• witness
• back (up)
• identify
• evidence
• substantiate
• illustrate
• demonstrate
• certify
• display
• manifest
• corroborate
• evince
• buttress
• adduce
• authenticate
• attest

Examples of shoot down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My request was, understandably, shot down by my parents. —Akela Cooper, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024

An Israeli naval ship also shot down a drone that was approaching from Lebanon, according to the IDF. —NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024

During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, for example, U.S. policymakers held off on retaliating after Soviet troops shot down an American spy plane, stepping back from the brink of war. —Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024

However, Bush was led to believe Lenz turned the shoot down. —Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024