SHOOT-DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot-down mean? 

• SHOOT-DOWN (noun)
  The noun SHOOT-DOWN has 1 sense:

1. murder by shooting someone down in cold blood

  Familiarity information: SHOOT-DOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOOT-DOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Murder by shooting someone down in cold blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shoot-down" is a kind of...):

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)