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shoot down
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Princeton's WordNet
shoot-downverb
murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
down, shoot down, landverb
shoot at and force to come down
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb
thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
Wiktionary
shoot downverb
To cause to fall by shooting.
shoot downverb
To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.
Wikipedia
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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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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shoot down in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shoot down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of shoot down in a Sentence
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
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.
It'd be kind of nice to have a Russian system shoot down a Russian aircraft.
I would never shoot down space, never, never. I would literally never shoot down anything, as long as it hits the parameters :' Is it badass ? is it awesome ? Will the audience love it ? And will it not break faith with the audience as they're watching it ?' I'm down for whatever.
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.
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