| Definition of 'shoot down' |
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1. (verb) shoot-down
murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
2. (verb) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
3. (verb) down, shoot down, land
shoot at and force to come down
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
4. (verb) kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
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1. (verb) shoot down
to cause an aircraft to crash using a gun
They shot down the helicopter with a rocket.
2. shoot down
to criticize sb's idea and stop it from being used
I suggested doing that, but the boss shot it down.
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Sense: to hit (a plane) with eg a shell and cause it to crash.
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 Afrikaans: afskiet |
 Arabic: يُسْقِط الطائِرَه بالقَذا |
 Bulgarian: свалям |
 Brazilian: abater |
 Czech: sestřelit |
 German: abschießen |
 Danish: skyde ned |
 Greek: καταρρίπτω (αεροσκάφος) |
 Spanish: derribar, abatir |
 Estonian: alla tulistama |
 Farsi: سرنگون كردن |
 Finnish: ampua alas |
 French: abattre |
 Hebrew: לְהַפִּיל מָטוֹס |
 Hindi: मार गिराना |
 Croatian: ustrijeliti koga, srušiti |
 Hungarian: lelő |
 Indonesian: menembak jatuh |
 Icelandic: skjóta niður |
 Italian: abbattere |
 Japanese: 撃ち落とす |
 Korean: 격추시키다 |
 Lithuanian: numušti |
 Latvian: notriekt |
 Malay: menembak jatuh |
 Dutch: neerscheiten |
 Norwegian: skyte ned |
 Polish: zestrzelić |
 Persian: سرنگون كردن |
 Pashto: سر نګون کول |
 Portuguese: abater |
 Romanian: a doborî |
 Russian: сбивать |
 Slovak: zostreliť |
 Slovenian: sestreliti |
 Serbian: oboriti |
 Swedish: skjuta ner |
 Thai: ยิงตก |
 Turkish: ateş ederek düşürmek |
 Taiwanese: 擊落 |
 Ukrainian: збивати |
 Urdu: ہوائی جہاز کو گولے سے مار |
 Vietnamese: bắn rơi |
 Chinese: 击落 |
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