Pan
Pan verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.
Shoot down and pan are semantically related in criticize topic. In some cases you can use "Shoot down" instead a verb "Pan".
Nearby Word: panful
Shoot down
Shoot down verb - To make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Sometimes they have crazy ideas that their saner subordinates shoot down; sometimes they have crazy brilliant ideas that pan out.
Source: Obfuscating Insanity - Capital ships try to shoot down the powerful and fast Hammer Heavy Torpedo missiles with Painfully Slow Projectile firing turrets which pan painfully slow.
Source: A.I. Breaker -
Peter Pan does this to the Lost Boys when they reveal they tried to shoot down Wendy.
Source: Bait-and-Switch Comment
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Shoot down and Pan. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pan/shoot_down
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