Shoot-down Definition

shootdown
verb

To cause to fall by shooting.

The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.
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(idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

Every proposal I made was shot down at once.
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Shoot-down Sentence Examples

  • The mob strung their bows, and were about to shoot down the king and his suite.

  • Ground forces are often shooting rifles, flak cannons, and missiles into the air, trying to shoot down fighters.

  • Defense Minister Alain Richard said that France was prepared to use warplanes to shoot down hijacked planes.

  • Rumors have been dogging the couple for years that their relationship was on the rocks, but both parties continued to shoot down any rumor that mentioned the two possibly splitting.

  • By using a bow and arrow, try to shoot down birds as they fly across your screen.

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