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Meaning of "shoot down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOOT DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOOT DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shoot down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SHOOT DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shoot down in the English dictionary

The first definition of shoot down in the dictionary is to shoot callously. Other definition of shoot down is to cause to fall to earth by hitting with a missile. Shoot down is also to defeat or disprove.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOOT DOWN

shoot
shoot a line
shoot craps
shoot from the hip
shoot one´s bolt
shoot one´s load
shoot one´s mouth off
shoot oneself in the foot
shoot out
shoot the breeze
shoot the bull
shoot the sun
shoot through
shoot up
shoot-´em-up
shoot-out
shoot-the-chute
shoot-to-disable
shoot-to-kill
shootable

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOOT DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of shoot down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shoot down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOOT DOWN

Find out the translation of shoot down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shoot down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shoot down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

击落
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derribar
570 millions of speakers

English

shoot down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे गोली मार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسقاط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сбивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abater
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে অঙ্কুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abattre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menembak jatuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abschießen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

撃ち落とす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

격추
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắn hạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுட்டுத்தள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली शूट करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kapat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbattere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zestrzelić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збивати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trage în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταρρίψουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skiet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skjuta ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skyte ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shoot down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOOT DOWN»

The term «shoot down» is regularly used and occupies the 56.381 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shoot down

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3 QUOTES WITH «SHOOT DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shoot down.
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days, we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target.
2
Eddie Rickenbacker
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.
3
Ann Robinson
You didn't have to go on location if you could just shoot down City Hall, LA.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOOT DOWN»

Discover the use of shoot down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shoot down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aimed at America: Bible Codes That Shoot Down Deceivers
This is also why you¿ll be repeatedly shown that the name of King James is secretly a sign to confirm which version of the Bible is the only authorized word of God for ¿the vision¿ (Ezekiel 8:4) to be revealed in the last days.This ...
Vince Carthane, 2009
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Shoot Them Down!: The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952
Shoot them down! chronicles the history of UFO events that occurred during the summer of 1952. Feschino covers the history, the aircraft and the courageous fighter pilots involved in one of the most startling stories of our time.
Frank Feschino, Jr., 2007
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basic numeracy Level 3 Module 3
Exercise 7: Shooting down numbers In the next 3 questions you must shoot down numbers on your calculator by subtracting a number. Look at the example below to help you understand how to play this game. Example Enter Q D D D Q into ...
Erik Hallendorff, 1999
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Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
PHRASAL VERBS with shoot • shoot down something/someone [M] 1 to destroy an aircraft or kill a person with guns o A Navy missile may have shot down the aircraft. 2 To shoot down an idea or suggestion is to prevent it from being accepted: ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America
We do not know of a shoot-down order at this time. And above all, as Griffin notes , it would make little sense for the young man to ask, when the plane was ten miles out, if shoot-down orders still stood. Griffin raised the alternative, that it was a ...
Peter Dale Scott, 2007
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... someone down shoot someone down in flames shoot someone down I . kill a person by a shot (usually implying merciless cruelty): I have witnessed several of their battles, and it appears to be the first object to shoot down, or otherwise kill a  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
P.B.: and clearly there is a physiological pun as well. shoot downshoot down in flames — shoot down from a great height. To defeat in an argument; to be right on a question of procedure, dress, drill, etc.': RAF: resp. since ca. 1938, 1939 ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Also see under sHOT. shoot down 1. Ruin the aspirations of, disappoint, as in Bill was hoping Sharon would go out with him, but she shot him down. 2. Reject, defeat; also, expose as false. For example, It was the best idea I could come up with ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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The Terror Conspiracy: Deception, 9;11 and the Loss of Liberty
Furthermore, the shoot-down theory takes on great strength when one analyzes the obvious distortions of known facts about Flight 93 in The 9/11 Commission Report, which appear to be an attempt to cover-up the truth about the real fate of  ...
Jim Marrs, 2006
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An Air War with Cuba: The United States Radio Campaign ...
Interview with Jose Basulto, cited in Kiger and Kruger, Squeeze Play, 9; Jefferson Motley, “Shoot down,” Washington Post, May 25, 1997, Lexis-Nexis (accessed January 23, 2010). Tamayo is also known for being Cuba's first cosmonaut.
Daniel C. Walsh, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOOT DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shoot down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is It OK to Shoot Down Your Neighbor's Drone?
Before you decide to shoot that drone out of your backyard, there are a few important things you need to know. First of all, damaging any flying robot is a federal ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
2
RAF steps in amid fears ISIS now have rocket launchers which can …
ISLAMIC STATE (Isis) fanatics may have got their hands on portable rocket launchers which they could use to SHOOT DOWN passenger jets, it emerged today. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Want to shoot down a drone? It'll cost you, Modesto man learns
Still, I'm pretty bummed that I just built this hexacopter only to have it shot down,” Eric Joe wrote to McBay in an email, according to documents attached to a suit ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
4
House Democrats Shoot Down Obama's Trade Deal
By Thomas StackpoleThomas Stackpole is an assistant editor at Foreign Policy. A native of Martha's Vineyard, MA, he received his bachelors degree in Political ... «Foreign Policy, Jun 15»
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Firefighters Try To Shoot Down Camera Drone with Their Hoses
Angry (and possibly drunk) neighbors aren't the only ones attacking camera drones these days. Yesterday, a man named John Thompson took his drone to a ... «PetaPixel, Jun 15»
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Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down Malaysian plane over …
MOSCOW The Russian company that makes the BUK air defense system that was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine said on Tuesday the ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
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Chaos Erupts in Jalisco after Cartel Gunmen Shoot Down Mexican …
Cartel gunmen shot down a Mexican military helicopter in the latest wave of violence to hit that country which left seven dead, 15 injured and 15 gunmen ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
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Real-Life 'Asteroids': ESA Mission Aims to Shoot Down Space Rock
NASA and the European Space Agency begin design work this month on a mission that amounts to a real-life version of the classic game "Asteroids": After a ... «NBCNews.com, Apr 15»
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Drone shot down by Syria vexes Pentagon, White House
WASHINGTON — Military and intelligence officials continued Thursday to comb through clues about what prompted the Syrian military to shoot down an ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
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Syria claims to shoot down US aircraft
The Pentagon said Tuesday it is looking into a report by Syrian state media that Syrian defense forces shot down a U.S. aircraft over a northwestern province ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»

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