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Shoot-down
see synonyms of shoot-downNoun
1. shoot-down
murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Shoot-down
see synonyms of shoot-downverb (tr, adverb)
1.
to shoot callously
2.
to cause to fall to earth by hitting with a missile
3.
to defeat or disprove
he shot down my argument
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Shoot-down
see synonyms of shoot-down1.
to bring down by hitting with a shot or shots
2. Informal
to destroy, reject, etc., esp. forcefully
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