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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.

Wikidata

  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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Numerology

  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. Chris Morgan:

    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.

  2. Hafiz Saeed:

    The U.S. stands with India in their enmity towards Pakistan, we want to request the army chief and make the air chief realize that it is their duty to shoot down any drone that comes into Pakistan and respond to it in kind.

  3. Donald Trump:

    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!

  4. Kathryn Wheelbarger:

    The S-400 is a Russian system designed to shoot down an aircraft like the F-35, and it is inconceivable to imagine Russia not taking advantage of that (intelligence) collection opportunity.

  5. 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.


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