shoot down

shoot down
Synonyms and related words:
KO, blow to pieces, blow up, brain, bring down, burn to death, call off, cancel, charge, cock, complete, cook, cut down, cut to pieces, deal a deathblow, defeat, delete, detonate, discharge, dish, disintegrate, dispose of, do for, do in, drop, drop the curtain, eject, end off, expunge, extinguish, fell, finalize, finish, fire, fire off, fix, fold up, frag, get it over, get over with, get through with, give the quietus, gun, gun down, gun for, hit, incinerate, jugulate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, lapidate, lay low, let fly, let off, load, pelt, pepper, perfect, pick off, pistol, plug, poleax, polish off, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, put paid to, riddle, scrag, scuttle, settle, shoot, shoot at, shoot to death, shotgun, silence, sink, snipe, stab to death, stone, stone to death, strike, strike dead, take a potshot, torpedo, undo, vaporize, wipe out, zap

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  • shoot down — ► shoot down bring down (an aircraft or person) by sh ooting. Main Entry: ↑shoot …   English terms dictionary

  • shoot down — verb 1. move quickly and violently (Freq. 1) The car tore down the street He came charging into my office • Syn: ↑tear, ↑shoot, ↑charge, ↑buck • See Also: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoot down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shoot down : present tense I/you/we/they shoot down he/she/it shoots down present participle shooting down past tense shot down past participle shot down 1) a) to kill someone with a gun He had been walking… …   English dictionary

  • shoot down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone shoots down an aeroplane, a helicopter, or a missile, they make it fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet or missile. [V P n (not pron)] They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile... [V P n (not pron)]… …   English dictionary

  • shoot down — transitive verb Date: 1657 1. to cause to fall by shooting < shot down the helicopter >; especially to kill in this way < was shot down in cold blood > 2. to put an end to ; defeat, reject < shoot down legislation > 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Shoot Down — Infobox Film name = Shoot Down caption = director = Cristina Khuly writer = Cristina Khuly starring = producer = Gloria Bremer, Larry Confino, Douglas Eger editing = Malcolm Jamieson distributor = Rogues Harbor Studios budget = US$500,000 (est.)… …   Wikipedia

  • shoot down — UK US shoot down Phrasal Verb with shoot({{}}/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot) ► to become smaller in number or amount very quickly and suddenly: »Profits shot down by 30% in the month following the crisis …   Financial and business terms

  • shoot down — phr verb Shoot down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aircraft, ↑helicopter, ↑missile, ↑plane …   Collocations dictionary

  • shoot down (something) — 1. to destroy an aircraft or weapon in the sky by shooting it. In the movie, he pulls out a portable rocket launcher and shoots down the helicopter. If we detect an incoming missile, we must be able to shoot it down. 2. to refuse to accept… …   New idioms dictionary

  • shoot down in flames — (informal) 1. To reprimand severely 2. To destroy, humiliate, esp by the strength of one s argument • • • Main Entry: ↑shoot …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoot down in flames — If someone demolishes your argument, it (and you) have been shot down in flames …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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