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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shoot-downverb

    murder by shooting someone down in cold blood

  2. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

  3. down, shoot down, landverb

    shoot at and force to come down

    "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

  4. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb

    thwart the passage of

    "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"

Wiktionary

  1. shoot downverb

    To cause to fall by shooting.

  2. shoot downverb

    To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

Wikipedia

  1. Shoot Down

    Shoot Down is a 2006 documentary regarding the events surrounding the Brothers to the Rescue organization and the eventual shootdown of two of its aircraft. Based on five reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of the critics enjoyed Shoot Down with an average rating of 7/10.

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  1. shoot down

    To shoot down generally refers to the act of rejecting, disproving, or debunking an idea, plan, or argument, usually in a direct or abrupt manner. It could also literally mean to cause an aircraft or missile to fall from the sky by hitting it with a shot, missile, etc. In essence, it entails preventing something from progressing or succeeding.

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  1. Shoot Down

    Shoot Down is a 2006 documentary regarding the events surrounding the Brothers to the Rescue organization and the eventual shootdown of two of its aircraft. Based on 5 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of the critics enjoyed Shoot Down with an average rating of 7/10.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shoot down in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shoot down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of shoot down in a Sentence

  1. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

    We have received additional data which confirm that Islamic State oil ... enters the territory of Turkey, the decision to shoot down the plane was dictated specifically by a desire to defend supplies.

  2. Keith Kellogg:

    It'd be kind of nice to have a Russian system shoot down a Russian aircraft.

  3. Dmitry Peskov:

    Nobody has the right to traitorously shoot down a Russian plane from behind.

  4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

    We would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling( as) the president we have in the Oval Office... right now.

  5. Riki Ellison:

    They (the Iranians) were on full alert to shoot down anything that resembled a U.S. aircraft. Somebody made a mistake by identifying it as a warplane.


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