Definition of shoot down Shoot down
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What does shoot down mean?
WordNet
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| shoot down - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" | ||
| tear, shoot, charge, buck | ||
| belt along, rush along, pelt along, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, step on it, hasten, race, speed, rush compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| shoot up rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight" | ||
| scoot, scud, dart, dash, flash, shoot run before a gale | ||
| rip criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" | ||
| shoot down - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" | ||
| kill, defeat, vote down, vote out | ||
| negative, blackball, veto vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" | ||
| shoot down - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" | ||
| down, land | ||
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Wiktionary 
- shoot down (Verb)
To cause to fall by shooting. - shoot down (Verb)
To criticize a request to the point of preclusion.
