shoot down
shoot
ʃu:t
shoot
down
daƊn
dawn
/ʃˈuːt dˈaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shoot down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to shoot down
[phrase form: shoot]
01

āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

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
to shoot down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fighter jets were ordered to shoot down the incoming missiles.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻ—āϤ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻĄāĻžāωāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent the progress of something
Transitive: to shoot down a plan or process
to shoot down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Efforts to shoot down the legislation were unsuccessful, and it passed unanimously.
āφāχāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The online community can be harsh, with individuals quick to shoot down anyone expressing unconventional opinions.
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to swiftly and forcefully travel in a particular direction
Transitive: to shoot down a path or place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The roller coaster shot down the track, thrilling the riders.
āϰ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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