shoot down

/ʃˈuːt dˈaʊn/

to shoot down

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[phrase form: shoot]

shoot at and force to come down

synonyms : down

move quickly and violently

synonyms : buck

thwart the passage of

synonyms : defeat

to be too harsh on someone just to prove that their ideas are wrong or stupid

Examples

1. Two people, one meter in frontof me were shot down.

2. Hundreds of Stukas and bomber sorties shoot down English fighters and sink ships.

3. The German anti-aircraft gunners shot down five bombers in kind.

4. But then Rick’s son Corey shot down Callahan's story.