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What is another word for
shoots down
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Contexts
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To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
To brusquely reject or turn down a request or proposal
To refuse, or to vote against
To criticize or pillory, typically harshly
To subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
To kill or destroy by shooting
To shame or put down
To blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language
To shoot someone or something with a gun
To beat in a contest
To physically bring to the ground
To cause damage to something with the intent of disabling it
To climb down using one's limbs
To corrupt or pervert the quality or character of someone or something
To nullify or put an end to, especially formally
To attack or besiege, especially militarily
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▲
Verb
▲
To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something
refutes
disproves
discredits
rebuts
debunks
confutes
belies
disconfirms
confounds
falsifies
controverts
negates
contradicts
invalidates
shoots full of holes
negatives
explodes
denies
shoots down in flames
gives the lie to
challenges
blows out of the water
drives a coach and horses through
gainsays
proves false
blows sky-high
quashes
demolishes
proves wrong
shows to be false
repudiates
counters
exposes
proves to be false
calls into question
knocks the bottom out of
disputes
contests
opposes
disaffirms
contravenes
disavows
disclaims
rejects
breaks
overturns
overthrows
busts
disagrees with
makes a nonsense of
blows sky high
questions
queries
punctures
disowns
argues
disallows
debates
disagrees
deflates
undermines
destroys
squelches
declares untrue
shows to be wrong
discounts
crosses
impugns
nullifies
oppugns
weakens
silences
pokes full of holes
puts an end to
proves to be wrong
pokes holes in
sets aside
shows up
throws out
tears down
blows up
casts doubt on
take issue with
raises doubts about
defeats
dissents from
traverses
shows in its true light
proves unsound
forswears
goes against
annihilates
compromises
counterbalances
deceives
does for
undoes
squashes
vanquishes
subverts
puts down
brings to naught
shuts up
conflicts with
runs counter to
impeaches
retracts
doubts
withsays
rebuffs
spurns
recants
not buys
takes exception to
disbelieves
backpedals
takes back
disacknowledges
pooh-poohs
puts under suspicion
criticizes
US
takes issue
criticises
UK
attacks
resists
fights
withstands
unmasks
nails
sets straight
throws light on
uncovers
catches out
humbles
combats
knocks props out
shoots holes in
knocks bottom out of
finds unfounded
naysays
brushes aside
flies in the face of
argues with
contends
answers
differs with
altercates
bandies words concerning
argues about
contends over
agitates against
dissents against
argues the pros and cons of
wonders about
has an argument about
pettifogs
examines
takes a stand against
bandies
wrangles
quibbles about
moots
picks a bone
addresses
canvasses
crushes
protests against
objects to
argues against
canvases
hammers away at
declares to be untrue
picks an argument with
gives thumbs down to
puts up argument
quibbles over
flattens
knocks bottom out
knocks props from under
takes down a peg
reduces
pricks
erodes
ruins
takes wind out of sails
ridicules
discards
picks holes in
proves impossible
cuts down to size
puts paid to
reverses
cancels
cancels out
infirms
calls in question
renounces
annuls
discusses
bucks
counteracts
says the opposite of
throws doubt on
confronts
casts aspersions upon
sticks it to
casts doubt upon
differs from
clashes with
has bone to pick
refuses to accept
replies to
counterclaims
parries
mistrusts
pleads against
defends against
retaliates against
suspects
distrusts
defends oneself against
scorns
unbelieves
scoffs at
not believes
gives no credence to
not accepts
more ❯
“The very fact of her being a healer seemed to
shoot down
his theory that the Wilcoxes were seeking the man with the healing powers because they had no one like that in their own clan.”
Verb
▲
To brusquely reject or turn down a request or proposal
declines
refuses
rebuffs
rejects
forgoes
snubs
spurns
knocks back
turns down
passes on
not accepts
says no to
baulks at
gives the thumbs down to
demurs at
forbids
prevents
throws over
disapproves
prohibits
denies
gives thumbs down to
opposes
negates
gives the red light to
reprobates
passes
repudiates
throws out
discountenances
negatives
blocks
rules out
gives something a miss
passes up
withholds
balks at
deselects
nixes
disallows
vetoes
dismisses
interdicts
revokes
more ❯
“Calmly and resolutely, he held his ground, undaunted by their attempts to
shoot down
his proposal.”
Verb
▲
To refuse, or to vote against
kills
vetoes
nixes
negatives
blackballs
downs
rejects
refuses
turns down
squashes
gives the thumbs down to
gives the red light to
negates
votes against
votes down
says ‘no’ to
prohibits
bans
bars
disallows
forbids
interdicts
proscribes
embargoes
blocks
outlaws
stops
declines
dismisses
precludes
boycotts
disapproves
denies
passes
quashes
overrules
discountenances
puts an end to
places an embargo on
passes on
censures
puts down
puts the kibosh on
dissents
passes by
puts a stop to
declares null and void
defeats
gives thumbs down
refuses permission to
nullifies
throws out
cuts
rules out
rules against
excludes
debars
restricts
enjoins
prevents
restrains
inhibits
blacks
criminalizes
US
halts
banishes
illegalizes
suppresses
disqualifies
rebuffs
penalises
UK
criminalises
UK
penalizes
US
makes illegal
passes up
declares ineligible
ices out
declares illegal
officially forbids
closes down
cancels
invalidates
countermands
reverses
overturns
repudiates
overthrows
taboos
outvotes
censors
disavows
disclaims
abjures
disowns
disacknowledges
stonewalls
spurns
shuts out
sets aside
stymies
stoppers
knocks back
fetters
gives the thumbs down
says no to
more ❯
“In their bid to
shoot down
the bill, many of our Distinguished Senators and Honorable Members have variously dressed it in false garbs.”
Verb
▲
To criticize or pillory, typically harshly
attacks
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
pillories
pans
rubbishes
trashes
picks holes in
tears to shreds
condemns
knocks
slams
slates
bashes
disses
slags off
pulls apart
lambastes
savages
roasts
pummels
US
bags
disparages
hammers
reviles
monsters
crucifies
flays
throws brickbats at
takes to pieces
censures
abuses
excoriates
skewers
slashes
gives something a battering
finds fault with
has a go at
bad-mouths
denigrates
denounces
blasts
vilifies
deprecates
reprehends
mauls
lays into
does a hatchet job on
takes apart
jumps on
puts down
castigates
flames
assails
vituperates
reprobates
maligns
potshots
derogates
blames
belabors
US
lambasts
scathes
derides
cuts up
belabours
UK
gives a bad press to
runs down
picks to pieces
tears to pieces
casts aspersions on
dispraises
pulls to pieces
berates
reprimands
blisters
sledges
reproves
depreciates
slags
objurgates
belittles
faults
slurs
pours scorn on
scoffs at
carps at
hits out at
cavils at
asperses
hold cheap
pitches into
criticizea severely
jeers at
gives someone bondi
denunciates
vituperates against
talks down
gives someone a bad press
detracts from
tears into
criticizes harshly
destroys
weighs into
tears apart
gives something a bad press
besmirches
nitpicks about
disapproves of
gives some stick to
rails against
bags on
laces into
lashes into
arraigns
scourges
animadverts on
gives flak to
rates
inveighs against
skins
finds fault
cavils
carps
nit-picks
criticizea strongly
raps
brings under fire
reviews unfavorably
decries
minimizes
US
diminishes
dismisses
discounts
discredits
vilipends
undervalues
scorns
defames
ridicules
marginalizes
US
mocks
takes down
downplays
plays down
misprizes
sneers at
degrades
pooh-poohs
marginalises
UK
rips
detracts
takes down a peg
tears down
writes off
squashes
cries down
lowers
demeans
laughs at
understates
drags through the mud
trivializes
US
shoots full of holes
dumps on
laughs off
trash-talks
squelches
smears
trivialises
UK
minifies
treats lightly
underrates
minimises
UK
scorches
does down
cuts to the quick
takes a swipe at
underestimates
makes light of
kisses off
downgrades
cuts down to size
rebukes
chastises
impugns
admonishes
canes
bollocks
refutes
chides
rollicks
reproaches
carpets
harangues
fustigates
chews out
argues with
bawls out
assaultsq verbally
disagrees with
reams out
tears a strip off
bites someone's head off
takes on
tears off a strip
jumps on one's case
takes to task
starts in
sails into
dresses down
fulminates against
lashes out
goes for the jugular
gives someone a rollicking
remonstrates with
gives someone a bollocking
raps over the knuckles
piles in
starts on
hauls over the coals
gives someone a roasting
snaps someone's head off
gives someone hell
gives a rocket
jumps down one's throat
upbraids
scolds
slanders
insults
traduces
lectures
calumniates
slights
comes down on
tongue-lashes
rants at
calls down
bastes
rags
lashes
tells off
jaws
speaks ill of
rails at
reads the riot act
libels
keelhauls
stigmatizes
US
stigmatises
UK
nags
anathematizes
lets someone have it
execrates
scores
gives someone a dressing-down
gives a talking-to
rakes over the coals
throws mud at
rails
contemns
trims
cuts down
deplores
speaks badly of
finds lacking
judges
nitpicks over
gives someone a caning
gives someone an earful
gives someone a mouthful
gives someone a telling-off
gives someone a rating
wigs
reams
deflates
rows
pulls up
speaks evil of
yells at
ticks off
blackens the name of
nags at
slaps down
sends someone away with a flea in their ear
puts on the mat
gives someone a wigging
gives someone a row
gives someone what for
blows up at
gives someone some stick
lampoons
curses
proscribes
devalues
chastens
taunts
slangs
lights into
objects to
picks at
gives a bad name
lays down the law
does a number on
shouts at
spreads lies about
sullies the reputation of
complains about
passes strictures upon
slings mud at
takes to the woodshed
goes on at
slaps someone's wrist
disapproves
disgraces
blackens
disdains
exprobates
debases
recriminates
nitpicks
persecutes
oppresses
expostulates
hits
gripes about
clobbers
slugs
zaps
hoses
backbites
casts a slur on
cheapens
puts away
throws shade
brings into disrepute
gives a black eye
gets at
blackens the reputation of
sells short
conducts a smear campaign against
moans about
whines about
passes judgment
gives the business
grouses about
blackens the character of
jumps down someone's throat
quibbles about
take issue with
bellyaches about
calls to account
brings to book
rips up
sounds off about
beefs about
cusses out
looks down one's nose at
whinges about
grouches about
carps about
objects
discommends
badmouths
satirizes
US
brands
takes
fulminates
heaps
satirises
UK
imprecates
lashes out at
offends
sneers
scandalizes
US
animadverts
chews
scandalises
UK
gets angry with
harshes
rejects
harasses
complains
threaps
cautions
questions
shows someone up
poormouths
lessens
devaluates
compromises
humiliates
disciplines
complains of
thunders against
exposes to ridicule
fluffs
slogs
inveighs
lessons
monishes
checks
gives a tongue-lashing
puts hooks in
protests against
screams at
rides
injures
zings
miscalls
holds up to shame
animadverts upon
gives comeuppance
knocks off high horse
preaches
declaims
prosecutes
has a pop at
speaks of with disfavour
lets fly
rounds on
argues against
takes exception to
jumps all over
gives one hell
criticizes hatefully
eats out
gives someone a carpeting
impeaches
ostracizes
US
ostracises
UK
indicts
brings down
writes down
knocks off
gives black eye
bad mouths
criticizes unfairly
complains to
holds someone to blame
holds accountable
holds responsible
skins alive
cuts to bits
gives bad press
calls names
blows off
swears at
marks down
snipes at
takes swipe at
rips to shreds
talks to
calls on the carpet
burns one's ears
gets after
gets on
gives a hard time
speaks to
calls out
charges with
shows up
declaims against
blows up
keeps after
has someone on the carpet
accuses
demonizes
US
growls
riles
digs
jinxes
demonises
UK
drags over the coals
leans on
raps someone the knuckles
lays out
humbles
discountenances
spurns
frames
punishes
names
pronounces
adjudges
ties into
rips into
beats up on
barks at
rags on
declares unfit
sends up
points finger at
pins it on
blows whistle on
hangs something on
lays at one's door
sends up the river
looks down on
more ❯
“I want to hear what he has to say, and then I'm going to let my innovative phraseology fly and
shoot down
his arguments once and for all.”
Verb
▲
To subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
mocks
derides
ridicules
jeers
gibes
scouts
skewers
jibes
laughs at
taunts
scorns
sneers
scoffs
flouts
sneers at
jibes at
pokes fun at
makes fun of
teases
ribs
banters
kids
takes the piss out of
scoffs at
rags on
pillories
pokes mullock at
makes sport of
takes the mickey
treats with contempt
jeers at
insults
rags
twits
chaffs
lampoons
razzes
roasts
goofs on
makes jokes about
slings off at
flouts at
puts down
disses
joshes
needles
holds up to ridicule
makes a monkey out of
winds up
satirizes
US
hoots
knocks
contemns
fleers
jives
makes a monkey of
makes a fool of
laughs out of court
pans
shows contempt
pooh-poohs
treats contemptuously
satirises
UK
quizzes
japes
pulls one's leg
heaps scorn on
rallies
chiacks
shows contempt for
thumbs nose at
scouts at
runs down
rides
holds up to shame
unmasks
shows up
rails at
makes a game of
deflates
mimics
exposes to ridicule
makes a laughing-stock
humiliates
makes someone a laughing stock
pokes borack
sends up
cartoons
exposes
hazes
disrespects
disdains
pours scorn on
does a number on
dumps on
dismisses
slams
torments
detracts
vilifies
detracts from
louts
denigrates
disparages
slights
boos
heckles
hisses
catcalls
quips
jests
shouts disapproval
shouts at
interrupts
digs
boos at
barracks
catcalls at
abuses
calls names
makes a crack
blows raspberries
hectors
snipes
whistles at
gives a hard time
puts on
pokes fun
shouts down
jabs
jokes
belittles
baits
guys
funs
provokes
goads
reviles
has on
parodies
sledges
shucks
affronts
aggravates
annoys
caricatures
bothers
picks on
fools
harasses
despises
smokes
hassles
wisecracks
outrages
gags
jollies
irritates
harries
pulls someone's leg
badgers
pesters
rots
spurns
girds
slurs
offends
sniffs at
fools around
burlesques
yuks
yucks
whistles
discredits
slaps
spoofs
discounts
dogs
laughs
gibes at
looks down on
messes around
fools about
slags off
pokes borak at
plagues
wounds
squibs
maligns
tortures
shrieks
persecutes
bedevils
hurts
snubs
howls
hates
asperses
abases
disregards
dishonors
US
dishonours
UK
rejects
impugns
decries
raspberries
messes with
sets up
nudges
disturbs
repudiates
swipes at
hoaxes
howls down
drowns out
sneezes at
takes off
bad-mouths
holds in contempt
leads on
pulls someone's chain
makes light of
curls your lip at
turns your nose up at
casts aspersions on
treats disrespectfully
looks down upon
trash-talks
plays a prank
plays a practical joke
throws shade
censures
travesties
frazzles
jokes with
puns
pasquinades
sallies
imitates
rails
reproaches
embarrasses
upbraids
hounds
twitters
has a joke with
hurls insults at
stultifies
pretends
jokes about
diverts
flips
pranks
entertains
hollers
sniggers at
snickers at
shuns
abhors
plays
tears to pieces
cuts down
kids around
gets at
treats with disdain
smiles at
irks
narks
galls
misprizes
makes a joke of
amuses
makes fun
shouts
gets
susurrates
messes
undervalues
nags
angers
screams
murmurs
seethes
whispers
fleers at
cries
yells
frolics
gambols
digs at
underrates
spits in the face of
spits on
turns down
turns back on
spits in the eye of
hacks you off
plays a joke on
gets on the nerves of
gets a rise out of
takes a rise out of
plays a practical joke on
roars
utters catcalls
rebuffs
gets in the hair of
whoops
messes about
puts someone on
rots someone
plays a joke
plays tricks
plays a trick
plays the fool
feels contempt for
guffaws
wipes
makes a fool out of
walks over
upsets
quips at
ranks out
mortifies
looks down one's nose at
plays down
has a crack at
takes a swipe at
gives Bronx cheer
slanders
says contemptuously
makes cutting remarks about
cries out
maltreats
violates
spites
exploits
oppresses
manipulates
victimizes
US
libels
defames
turns up one's nose
brushes aside
ill-treats
mistreats
antagonizes
US
slam dunks
expresses contempt
makes little of
waves aside
holds up to scorn
calumniates
disobliges
derogates
injures
miscalls
misuses
wrongs
debases
curses
slangs
degrades
blisters
gives offence to
molests
harrows
causes offence to
cuts dead
steps on one's toes
cuts to the quick
hurts somebody's feelings
worries
ill-uses
does an injustice to
antagonises
UK
takes advantage of
martyrizes
victimises
UK
imposes on
martyrs
steps on the toes of
importunes
vexes
gnaws
beleaguers
devils
snaps
sounds
lays a bad trip on
goes for jugular
gives no quarter
hits where one lives
flirts with
more ❯
“I'm increasingly annoyed with her questions, but hesitant to
shoot down
her attempts to be personable.”
Verb
▲
To kill or destroy by shooting
kills
smokes
wastes
fells
murders
slaughters
guns down
brings down
takes down
eliminates
liquidates
exterminates
offs
wipes out
takes out
rubs out
butchers
annihilates
eradicates
finishes off
does in
mows down
knocks off
assassinates
executes
terminates
destroys
massacres
slays
ices
whacks
does away with
stiffs
tops
puts to death
does to death
cuts down
erases
bumps off
blows away
dispatches
croaks
polishes off
decimates
takes the life of
ends the life of
scrags
extirpates
neutralizes
US
snuffs
gets
cuts to pieces
puts away
neutralises
UK
zaps
snuffs out
does for
disposes of
gets rid of
makes away with
causes the death of
puts down
puts to sleep
removes
abolishes
cancels
finishes
hits
blots out
obliterates
puts an end to
extinguishes
effaces
cleans up
roots out
terminates with extreme prejudice
wipes off the face of the earth
expunges
waxes
blacks out
stamps out
gives someone the works
sweeps away
purges
axes
US
torpedoes
puts to the sword
washes out
scratches
excises
takes
razes
deep-sixes
trashes
takes someone's life
downs
wipes from the face of the earth
nixes
claims
scrubs
demolishes
squashes
greases
totals
puts paid to
wipes off the map
carries off
puts end to
stretches out
takes care of
shoots
immolates
lynches
smites
blackballs
garrotes
US
strangles
guillotines
crucifies
hangs
suffocates
sacrifices
asphyxiates
garrottes
UK
weeds out
quashes
sends to the gas chambers
ethnically cleanses
sends to kingdom come
knocks out
blocks out
rubs off
deletes
obscures
ravages
cuts
wrecks
blues pencil
devastates
smashes
blanks out
levels
strikes out
marks out
wipes off face of earth
scores out
blows to bits
desolates
blows sky-high
KO's
defeats
inks out
sinks
destroys root and branch
covers
removes all traces of
crossing out
takes apart
silences
vaporizes
US
vaporises
UK
ruins
ends
shatters
creams
crushes
pulverizes
US
nukes
wracks
guts
pulverises
UK
pulls down
stops
tears down
gives the chop
overwhelms
nullifies
lays waste
cuts out
dispenses with
kills off
invalidates
abrogates
undoes
suppresses
overthrows
desecrates
spoils
damages
banishes
uproots
prostrates
tramples
puts a stop to
leaves in ruins
breaks up
leaves desolate
knocks something on the head
puts out
negates
annuls
dissolves
disannuls
drops
scraps
discards
quells
squelches
overturns
sheds
checks
expurgates
disrupts
trims
excludes
strikes
brings to an end
puts the kibosh on
beheads
dusts off
decapitates
electrocutes
wreaks havoc on
casts out
gets shot of
drives out
phases out
genocides
mutilates
stuns
aborts
beats
depopulates
wipes
benothings
wipes off
exsects
sees the back of
blasts
scrubs out
incinerates
burns
kayoes
kayos
breaks off
poisons
consumes
murks
dismantles
burns away
commits genocide
cuts a swath through
impairs
clears
delouses
smothers
does
takes a life
knifes
chills
cools
garottes
puts someone out of their misery
kills in cold blood
scourges
drags
drags down
sterilizes
US
clears away
sterilises
UK
havocs
overruns
moves in for the kill
takes off
drives to the wall
stones
curbs
rids
edits
gases
bowdlerizes
US
wreaks havoc
deles
strips
elides
stifles
sends to the gallows
sends to the gas chamber
strings up
stones to death
sends to the chair
sends to the gibbet
puts before a firing squad
sends to the electric chair
cleanses
scours
louses
exscinds
subdues
represses
launders
slashes
bowdlerises
UK
lifts
blue-pencils
crosses through
scissors out
puts a line through
lops off
scratchs out
edits out
cuts up
culls
scotches
nips in the bud
quenches
cracks down on
overcomes
thins out
routs out
shakes out
cleans out
upsets
reduces the numbers of
thins out the population of
rescinds
repeals
voids
revokes
takes away
vacates
retracts
withdraws
avoids
countermands
abates
nulls
discontinues
repudiates
vitiates
ditches
dumps
subverts
junks
prohibits
jettisons
disestablishes
chops
deracinates
supersedes
inhibits
sets aside
strikes down
rolls back
calls off
throws out
closes down
puts kibosh on
more ❯
“When he got the opportunity, he would steal from his hiding-place, and, with his long rifle,
shoot down
his enemies.”
Verb
▲
To shame or put down
humbles
humiliates
shames
degrades
demeans
abases
chastens
debases
disgraces
subdues
mortifies
sinks
abashes
breaks
belittles
crushes
owns
reduces
chagrins
cheapens
discredits
dishonors
US
dishonours
UK
lowers
causes to lose face
embarrasses
makes a fool of
smirches
tears down
bemeans
deflates
discomfits
squashes
demotes
fouls
overcomes
silences
snubs
squelches
upsets
brings down
casts down
pulls down
puts away
puts down
puts to shame
strikes dumb
takes down
brings low
cuts down to size
makes eat dirt
makes someone eat crow
makes someone eat humble pie
pops one's balloon
puts one away
brings down a peg
cuts to the quick
makes one feel small
forces to eat humble pie
puts someone in their place
takes down a peg or two
takes down a peg
settles someone's hash
smears
denigrates
disparages
diminishes
runs down
shows up
defames
quashes
devalues
sullies
stains
stigmatizes
US
taints
tarnishes
besmirches
reproaches
slurs
besmears
stigmatises
UK
defiles
lowers the status of
cuts down
takes the wind out of your sails
bastardizes
US
flattens
dehumanizes
US
cows
profanes
dehumanises
UK
bastardises
UK
dispirits
disheartens
disconcerts
ridicules
discourages
blots
slanders
brings shame to
withers
pans
slams
rips
blisters
discountenances
vilifies
downplays
vanquishes
confuses
maligns
calumniates
censures
makes someone feel ashamed
makes uncomfortable
gives a black eye
soils
makes ashamed
insults
exposes
plays down
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
compromises
lets wind out of sails
disesteems
causes to feel small
knocks the stuffing out of
brings into disrepute
puts out of countenance
drags through the mud
drags through the mire
reflects badly on
brings shame upon
gives a bad name
puts in a bad light
casts aspersions on
does a hatchet job on
detracts from
shows in a bad light
pooh-poohs
brings into disfavour
blackens someone's name
blackens
scandalizes
US
scandalises
UK
desecrates
downgrades
brings shame on
gives a bad name to
drags down
brings discredit to
brings dishonour to
blackens the name of
lessens
makes lose face
damages the reputation of
blemishes
corrupts
debauches
stoops
derogates
descends
reflects negatively
muddies the reputation of
gets the better of
has the last laugh on
casts in a bad light
blackens the reputation of
harms the reputation of
blights
ruins
dumps on
condescends
deigns
brands
depreciates
prostitutes
betrays
casts a slur
minimizes
US
undervalues
minimises
UK
spots
injures
demolishes
succumbs
mocks
disrespects
libels
derides
attaints
disregards
reduces the status of
sells out
beats down
takes apart
takes to bits
takes to pieces
tames
loses face
tars and feathers
lowers yourself
lowers oneself
demeans oneself
debases oneself
shows in bad light
scores off
puts in one's place
damages
blemishes the reputation of
becomes a stain of the escutcheon of
becomes a blot of the escutcheon of
tarnishes the reputation of
does discredit to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language
scarifies
lambastes
slams
attacks
castigates
excoriates
pans
vilifies
flays
slashes
lashes
blisters
scores
scorches
scourges
drubs
slaps
cuts
scathes
scratches
lashes into
rips into
burns someone's ears
crawls all over
rakes over the coals
pins your ears back
reads the riot act
puts someone on the griddle
puts someone on the hot seat
blasts
savages
bashes
trashes
abuses
lambasts
vituperates
potshots
assails
belabors
US
injures
belabours
UK
sails into
beats up on
jumps on
ties into
lights into
condemns
censures
knocks
criticizes
US
slates
hammers
denounces
lays into
roasts
denigrates
berates
criticises
UK
reviles
slags off
finds fault with
scolds
chastises
maligns
rubbishes
monsters
pillories
crucifies
rates
skewers
pummels
US
bags
disses
tears into
runs down
inveighs against
rebukes
upbraids
reproaches
disparages
flames
asperses
reprehends
objurgates
blames
bad-mouths
rails against
puts down
chews out
gives a bad press to
cuts up
carpets
reprimands
chides
reproves
rails
decries
deprecates
arraigns
slurs
besmirches
impugns
reprobates
mauls
derogates
sledges
bawls out
takes to task
has a go at
tells off
pulls apart
inveighs
laces into
fulminates against
tongue-lashes
pulls to pieces
throws brickbats at
pours scorn on
tears a strip off
carps at
tears off a strip
hits out at
finds fault
yells at
cavils at
picks holes in
nitpicks about
disapproves of
gives some stick to
bags on
vituperates against
casts aspersions on
animadverts on
gives flak to
canes
goes for the jugular
jumps down someone's throat
gives someone a roasting
gives someone a bad press
gives someone hell
shouts at
faults
fustigates
stigmatizes
US
carps
ridicules
rips
slags
dispraises
declaims
brands
denunciates
clobbers
heaps
trims
skins
slogs
raps
fluffs
zaps
hits
slugs
casts a slur on
shows someone up
takes apart
holds up to shame
stigmatises
UK
exposes to ridicule
takes to pieces
rants
admonishes
passes strictures upon
cuts down
takes down
nags at
throws shade
passes judgment
dresses down
gives the business
cuts to bits
comes down on
skins alive
picks to pieces
does a number on
gives bad press
picks at
nit-picks
complains about
fulminates
recriminates
storms
rages
bawls
sounds off
works over
yelps
goes after
has at
expostulates
lets someone have it
yaps
cracks down on
lays out
jumps down one's throat
hauls over the coals
gives a rocket
insults
slanders
calumniates
traduces
smears
vilipends
harangues
curses
slangs
contemns
accuses
growls
riles
cries down
gives someone a dressing-down
barks at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shoot someone or something with a gun
plugs
shoots
pops
drills
guns
blasts
hits
pumps
guns down
picks off
pumps full of lead
pots
opens fire on
blows away
bombards
shells
mows down
zaps
bags
fires
puts a bullet in
fells
fires on
fires at
cuts down
opens fire at
snipes
strikes
smokes
lets someone have it
lets fly
puts before a firing squad
blazes away
executes
pulls the trigger
snipes at
lets go with
lets fly at
kills
assassinates
murders
slays
brings down
discharges
blazes
blitzes
fires away
bombs
attacks
shoots away
blasts away
cannonades
strafes
batters
pounds
barrages
shoots at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To beat in a contest
bests
beats
defeats
conquers
knocks off
overcomes
triumphs over
trounces
prevails over
puts away
routs
takes down
beats up
creams
crushes
drubs
floors
overthrows
overwhelms
subdues
takes care of
thrashes
totals
trashes
vanquishes
whips
wipes the floor with
blasts
decks
demolishes
knocks out
KO's
licks
shuts down
smashes
wallops
wastes
wipes out
bulldozes
clobbers
lambastes
masters
tans
waxes
checkmates
humbles
puts someone in their place
quells
whomps
annihilates
blows away
blows out
dispatches
edges out
flattens
outfights
overbears
overmatches
overpowers
slaughters
subjugates
unseats
upends
upsets
wins against
blows out of the water
puts in the shade
runs rings around
tanks
undoes
pips at the post
Verb
▲
To physically bring to the ground
brings down
drops
fells
decks
floors
levels
lowers
knocks down
prostrates
tumbles
knocks over
pulls down
cuts down
mows down
throws down
lays low
KO's
Verb
▲
To cause damage to something with the intent of disabling it
disables
damages
impairs
hurts
batters
harms
ruins
sabotages
shatters
totals
wrecks
puts out of action
knocks out
takes out
Verb
▲
To climb down using one's limbs
shins
descends
drops down
slides down
goes down
clambers down
swarms down
scrabbles down
shins down
scrambles down
Verb
▲
To corrupt or pervert the quality or character of someone or something
degrades
debases
corrupts
perverts
vitiates
depraves
warps
demeans
poisons
subverts
debauches
abases
cheapens
bastardises
UK
bastardizes
US
profanes
deteriorates
prostitutes
lessens
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
cankers
devalues
reduces
brutalises
UK
brutalizes
US
diminishes
dehumanises
UK
dehumanizes
US
bemeans
injures
mortifies
derogates
casts down
puts down
brings shame to
cuts down to size
lowers the status of
tears down
runs down
takes down a peg
cuts down
Verb
▲
To nullify or put an end to, especially formally
repeals
cancels
annuls
invalidates
nullifies
abrogates
quashes
voids
abolishes
negates
vacates
disannuls
dissolves
nulls
rescinds
avoids
abates
overrules
vetoes
overrides
nixes
kills
lifts
zaps
dismantles
KO's
sets aside
strikes down
rolls back
renders invalid
declares null and void
wipes out
makes void
washes out
Verb
▲
To attack or besiege, especially militarily
assaults
attacks
strikes
storms
assails
besieges
invades
besets
blitzes
charges
bushwhacks
raids
rushes
sics
blasts
trashes
pounces on
sets upon
strikes at
descends on
descends upon
falls on
marches into
swoops on
advances on
goes in on
launches an attack on
makes an assault on
jumps on
launches oneself at
sets on
turns on
sets about
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