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Shoot down Common

Shoot down has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

move quickly and violently

"The car tore down the street"

"He came charging into my office"

2

shoot at and force to come down

"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

3

thwart the passage of

"kill a motion"

"he shot down the student's proposal"

4

To cause to fall by shooting.

Example Sentences
"The car tore down the street" verb
"He came charging into my office" verb
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft" verb
"kill a motion" verb
"he shot down the student's proposal" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rush veto
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
rip
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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