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shoot down en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.
   • The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.
   • Stop using your words as weapons / They're never gonna shoot me down / Stop, it's time that you learned a lesson / My love is gonna drown you out 2022 November 10, Ava Max, Melanie Fontana, Michel Schulz, Ryan Tedder, Madison Love, Cirkut, “Weapons”, in Diamonds & Dancefloors, performed by Ava Max:
   • My grandfather shot down several fighter planes in the war.
   • In China, authorities said they might soon shoot down an unidentified flying object over waters near the northern city of Rizhao, The South China Morning Post reported. 2023 February 12, Daniel E. Slotnik, Amelia Nierenberg, “Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Destroys U.F.O.s”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023, Briefing:
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To criticize (a request) to the point of preclusion.
   • Every proposal I made was shot down at once.

Forms

Deriveds

shootdown

Relateds

cut down

Translations (33)

uk збива́ти (to cause to fall by shooting) · sw dungua (to cause to fall by shooting) · ro doborî (to cause to fall by shooting) · km បាញ់ធ្លាក់ (to cause to fall by shooting) · de abschießen (to cause to fall by shooting) · es derribar (to cause to fall by shooting) · de niederschießen (to cause to fall by shooting) · it abbattere (to cause to fall by shooting) · hy խոցել (to cause to fall by shooting) · ja 撃ち落とす (to cause to fall by shooting) · be збіва́ць (to cause to fall by shooting) · ru сбить (to cause to fall by shooting) · fr abattre (to cause to fall by shooting) · ja 撃墜 (to cause to fall by shooting) · ru сбива́ть (to cause to fall by shooting) · es abatir (to cause to fall by shooting) · uk зби́ти (to cause to fall by shooting) · pt abater (to cause to fall by shooting) · pt derrubar (to cause to fall by shooting) · ms menembak jatuh (to cause to fall by shooting) · cs sestřelit (to cause to fall by shooting) · fi ampua alas (to cause to fall by shooting) · pl zestrzelić (to cause to fall by shooting) · be збіць (to cause to fall by shooting) · vi bắn hạ (to cause to fall by shooting) · pl zestrzeliwać (to cause to fall by shooting) · rgn abàtar (to cause to fall by shooting) · vi bắn trúng (to cause to fall by shooting) · io fusilagar (to cause to fall by shooting) · nl neerhalen (to cause to fall by shooting) · yi אונטערשיסן (to cause to fall by shooting) · cmn 擊落 /击落 (to cause to fall by shooting) · el καταρρίπτω (to cause to fall by shooting)