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Dot, shown to be silly, is dismissed conclusively (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shot down

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'dismissed conclusively' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how one could define the other.

'dot shown to be silly' is the wordplay.
'to be silly' indicates an anagram.
'dot'+'shown'='dotshown'
'dotshown' with letters rearranged gives 'SHOT DOWN'.

'is' is the link.

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