Commend and Shoot down

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Commend verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.

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Shoot down is an antonym for commend.

Shoot down verb - To make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter.

Usage example: nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank

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Commend is an antonym for shoot down in topics: detract, assault verbally.

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