Synonyms for Shoots down:

• v.

  •assault (verb)
  • slap around,
  • slam,
  • blast,
  • lay into,
  • let have it,
  • work over,
  • jump on one's case,
  • storm,
  • trash,
  • shoot down,
  • light into,
  • beset,
  • bushwhack,
  • bash,
  • assail,
  • jump,
  • advance,
  • zap,
  • violate,
  • haul off on,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • strike,
  • come down on,
  • abuse,
  • charge,
  • invade,
  • go for,
  • ruin,
  • rape,
  • blitz,
  • set upon.
  •attack (verb)
  • blame,
  • criticize,
  • vilify,
  • malign,
  • impugn,
  • refute,
  • berate,
  • stretch,
  • revile,
  • reprove,
  • censure.
  •belittle (verb)
  • lower,
  • put down,
  • pooh pooh,
  • dispraise,
  • squash,
  • underestimate,
  • depreciate,
  • cut to the quick,
  • blister,
  • smear,
  • downgrade,
  • scorch,
  • scorn,
  • tear down,
  • sour grapes,
  • scoff at,
  • diminish,
  • shoot full of holes,
  • take down a peg,
  • undervalue,
  • discount,
  • pan,
  • poor mouth,
  • derogate,
  • write off,
  • dump on,
  • roast,
  • downplay,
  • decry,
  • bad-mouth,
  • cut down to size,
  • run down,
  • sneer at,
  • take a swipe at,
  • squelch,
  • underrate,
  • deprecate,
  • rip,
  • discredit,
  • deride,
  • take down,
  • disparage,
  • knock,
  • minimize.
  •best (verb)
  • lick,
  • cream,
  • floor,
  • wallop,
  • wax,
  • waste,
  • tan,
  • master,
  • transcend,
  • excel,
  • wipe the floor with,
  • whop,
  • deck,
  • total,
  • outdo,
  • ko,
  • outshine,
  • beat,
  • shut down,
  • whip,
  • overcome,
  • thrash,
  • drub,
  • whomp,
  • triumph over,
  • outclass,
  • triumph,
  • flax,
  • knock off,
  • wipe,
  • take care of,
  • trounce,
  • lambaste,
  • conquer,
  • wipe out,
  • prevail,
  • put away,
  • surpass,
  • blank,
  • beat up,
  • get the better of,
  • better,
  • top,
  • clobber,
  • bulldoze,
  • exceed,
  • outstrip.
  •bring down (verb)
  • murder,
  • fell,
  • drop,
  • level,
  • wound,
  • abase,
  • undermine,
  • overturn,
  • slay,
  • pull down,
  • damage,
  • upset,
  • injure,
  • cut down,
  • prostrate,
  • lay low,
  • knock down,
  • throw down,
  • tumble,
  • mow down,
  • overthrow.
  •debase (verb)
  • humiliate,
  • corrupt,
  • debilitate,
  • debauch,
  • cripple,
  • weaken,
  • dishonor,
  • devalue,
  • reduce,
  • sink,
  • sap,
  • humble,
  • demoralize,
  • cheapen,
  • fluff off,
  • Bemean,
  • demean,
  • disgrace,
  • disable,
  • drag down,
  • enfeeble,
  • cast down,
  • deprave,
  • devaluate.
  •deflate (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • dash,
  • dispirit,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • puncture balloon,
  • let wind out of sails,
  • debunk,
  • mortify,
  • let down easy,
  • chasten.
  •degrade (verb)
  • debase,
  • depose,
  • bench,
  • belittle,
  • demote,
  • degenerate,
  • mudsling,
  • Declass,
  • disbar,
  • impair,
  • bust,
  • detract,
  • lessen,
  • break,
  • rule out,
  • deteriorate,
  • pervert,
  • vitiate,
  • canker,
  • bump.
  •disable (verb)
  • blunt,
  • mar,
  • handicap,
  • unstrengthen,
  • hamstring,
  • paralyze,
  • pinion,
  • muzzle,
  • hock,
  • invalidate,
  • immobilize,
  • kibosh,
  • disarm,
  • enervate,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • maim,
  • batter,
  • exhaust,
  • harm,
  • wreck,
  • disenable,
  • mutilate,
  • spoil,
  • render incapable,
  • take out,
  • hogtie,
  • sabotage,
  • incapacitate,
  • mangle,
  • unfit,
  • shatter,
  • put out of action,
  • hurt,
  • attenuate,
  • knock out,
  • disqualify,
  • unbrace.
  •eradicate (verb)
  • demolish,
  • abate,
  • stamp out,
  • purge,
  • liquidate,
  • torpedo,
  • Unroot,
  • raze,
  • extirpate,
  • rub out,
  • exterminate,
  • eliminate,
  • scratch,
  • obliterate,
  • erase,
  • scrub,
  • expunge,
  • root out,
  • uproot,
  • efface,
  • extinguish,
  • wash out,
  • do away with,
  • annihilate,
  • deracinate,
  • weed out,
  • off,
  • blot out,
  • abolish.
  •explode (verb)
  • deflate,
  • confute,
  • repudiate,
  • disprove,
  • puncture,
  • discard,
  • belie.
  •fell (verb)
  • gash,
  • hew,
  • bring down,
  • bowl over,
  • hack,
  • ground,
  • cause to fall,
  • blow down,
  • sever,
  • shoot,
  • down,
  • rive,
  • slash,
  • cleave,
  • strike down,
  • knock over,
  • split,
  • sunder,
  • flatten,
  • cut.
  •humiliate (verb)
  • denigrate,
  • degrade,
  • wither,
  • subdue,
  • abash,
  • deny,
  • vanquish,
  • discountenance,
  • put to shame,
  • discomfit,
  • snub,
  • play down,
  • base,
  • confound,
  • make ashamed,
  • put out of countenance,
  • confuse,
  • shame,
  • crush,
  • bring low,
  • depress,
  • chagrin,
  • make a fool of.
  •immobilize (verb)
  • action.
  •obliterate (verb)
  • do in,
  • cancel,
  • take apart,
  • rub off,
  • kill,
  • finish off,
  • mark out,
  • cover,
  • smash,
  • black out,
  • obscure,
  • finish,
  • eradicate,
  • wipe off face of earth,
  • ravage,
  • ax,
  • nix,
  • blue pencil,
  • x-out,
  • delete,
  • bog,
  • defeat.
  •oppugn (verb)
  • call into question,
  • attack,
  • take issue,
  • controvert,
  • debate,
  • contradict,
  • argue.
  •refute (verb)
  • cancel out,
  • abnegate,
  • disconfirm,
  • oppose,
  • expose,
  • give the lie to,
  • blow sky high,
  • parry,
  • explode,
  • rebut,
  • dispute,
  • counter,
  • show up,
  • gainsay,
  • disclaim,
  • silence,
  • dispose of,
  • quash,
  • reply to,
  • convict,
  • evert,
  • argue against,
  • contravene,
  • burn down,
  • contend,
  • take a stand against,
  • negate,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • burn.
  •reject (verb)
  • jilt,
  • exclude,
  • veto,
  • pass by,
  • cast off,
  • dismiss,
  • repulse,
  • despise,
  • spurn,
  • jettison,
  • cast out,
  • cast aside,
  • disdain,
  • not buy,
  • repel,
  • cashier,
  • disbelieve,
  • pass up,
  • second,
  • scrap,
  • throw away,
  • slough,
  • decline,
  • throw out,
  • shed,
  • scoff,
  • shun,
  • renounce,
  • pass on,
  • reprobate,
  • scout,
  • rebuff,
  • refuse,
  • disallow,
  • chuck,
  • turn down.
  •repeal (verb)
  • withdraw,
  • back out,
  • call off,
  • blow,
  • backpedal,
  • renig,
  • reverse,
  • opt out,
  • throw over,
  • set aside,
  • worm out,
  • void,
  • dismantle,
  • annul,
  • weasel out,
  • stand down,
  • countermand,
  • rescind,
  • recall,
  • revoke,
  • vacate,
  • abrogate,
  • lift,
  • nullify.
  •scarify (verb)
  • rip into,
  • score,
  • rake over the coals,
  • put someone on the hot seat,
  • pin someone's ears back,
  • burn someone's ears,
  • read the riot act to,
  • crawl all over,
  • put someone on the griddle,
  • lash.
  •scathe (verb)
  • scarify.
  •shame (verb)
  • reproach,
  • blot,
  • ridicule,
  • stain,
  • give a black eye,
  • defile.
  •slam (verb)
  • flay,
  • scathe,
  • excoriate,
  • castigate,
  • lash into,
  • slap,
  • damn,
  • scourge.
  •veto (verb)
  • give thumbs down,
  • blackball,
  • forbid,
  • negative,
  • pass,
  • prohibit,
  • thumbs down,
  • ban,
  • disapprove,
  • reject,
  • not go for,
  • interdict.

Antonyms for Shoots down:

• v.

  • assault
    praise, decrease, retreat.
  • attack
    protect, aid, be lazy, defend, compliment, submit, commend, sustain, slough off, withstand, shelter, support, sanction, endorse, approve, shield, surrender, resist.
  • belittle
    value, enlarge, flatter, laud, overestimate, overrate, raise, build up, exaggerate, overvalue, upgrade, increase.
  • best
    forfeit, fail, give up, uphold, be inferior, yield, fall behind, lose, relent, build.
  • bring down
    encourage, help.
  • debase
    clean, grow, cleanse, elevate, clear, purify, boost, invigorate, honor, dignify, enable, improve, assist, esteem, strengthen, enhance, rise.
  • deflate
    expand, blow up, inflate.
  • degrade
    exalt, develop, promote, fix, mend, extend, admire.
  • disable
    cure, create, repair, mobilize, permit, heal, benefit.
  • eradicate
    institute, bear, establish, schedule, ratify, plant, set up, keep, construct.
  • explode
    implode, prove, validate, attest.
  • fell
    erect, join, unite, combine.
  • humiliate
    allow, agree, respect, cherish, release.
  • immobilize
    assuage, please, soothe, animate.
  • obliterate
    initiate, begin, start, revive, save, leave alone, add.
  • oppugn
    harmonize.
  • refute
    concur, give in, go along, concede.
  • reject
    choose, trust, love, grant, like, admit, ok, attract, take on, welcome, accept, believe, include.
  • repeal
    enforce, legalize, pass, enact.
  • shame
    regard, credit, be proud.