āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
shoot down
/ĘËuËt dËaĘn/
to shoot down
[phrase form: shoot]
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āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to fire upon an aircraft or another object with the intent of bringing it to the ground
Transitive: to shoot down an aircraft or flying object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fighter jets were ordered to shoot down the incoming missiles.
āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāϤ āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖāĻžāϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to prevent the progress of something
Transitive: to shoot down a plan or process
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Efforts to shoot down the legislation were unsuccessful, and it passed unanimously.
āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to be too harsh on someone just to prove that their ideas are wrong or stupid
Transitive: to shoot down someone's ideas or reputation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The online community can be harsh, with individuals quick to shoot down anyone expressing unconventional opinions.
āĻ
āύāϞāĻžāĻāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻ
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āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻā§āϰ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to swiftly and forcefully travel in a particular direction
Transitive: to shoot down a path or place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The roller coaster shot down the track, thrilling the riders.
āϰā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύā§āĻŽā§ āĻā§āϞ, āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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