SHOOT DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot down mean? 

• SHOOT DOWN (verb)
  The verb SHOOT DOWN has 3 senses:

1. move quickly and violently

2. shoot at and force to come down

3. thwart the passage of

  Familiarity information: SHOOT DOWN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOOT DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move quickly and violently

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear

Context example:

He came charging into my office

Hypernyms (to "shoot down" is one way to...):

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Verb group:

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot down"):

rip (move precipitously or violently)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shoot at and force to come down

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

down; land; shoot down

Context example:

the enemy landed several of our aircraft

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Thwart the passage of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out

Context example:

he shot down the student's proposal

Hypernyms (to "shoot down" is one way to...):

blackball; negative; veto (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“Bombards they are, and of good size. We may shoot down upon them.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)