| scorch(verb, mark, dismiss, push, slight) |
| shatter(verb, break, end, ruin, defeat) |
| shoot down(verb, expression, reduce, oppose, destroy) |
| shoot full of holes(expression, idiom, oppose, criticize, scorn) |
| show up(expression, ruin, oppose, destroy, shame) |
| slam(verb, break, attack, reduce, dismiss) |
| squash(verb, break, destroy, crush, criticize) |
| squelch(oppose, criticize, scorn, expose, disparage) |
| take a swipe at(expression, idiom, criticize, scorn, insult) |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, attack, reduce) |
| unbuild(verb, destroy, level, smash, overthrow) |
| undo(verb, ruin, hit, destroy, crush) |
| abase(verb, reduce, destroy, crush, damage) |
| abash(verb, crush, confuse, shame, subdue) |
| abnegate(oppose, expose, contest, counter, repudiate) |
| abort(verb, end, ruin, crush, damage) |
| abuse(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, insult) |
| annul(verb, end, ruin, crush, damage) |
| argue against(expression, oppose, expose, contest, counter) |
| assail(insult, disparage, denounce, belittle, slur) |