[shoot down] vt (1845) 1: to cause to fall by shooting "enemy aircraft shot down the helicopter"; esp: to kill in this way "was shot down in cold blood"
2: to put an end to: defeat
3: deflate, ridicule
4: discredit
2. "shoot down a theory"
[shoot down] vt (1845) 1: to cause to fall by shooting "enemy aircraft shot down the helicopter"; esp: to kill in this way "was shot down in cold blood"
2: to put an end to: defeat
3: deflate, ridicule
4: discredit
2. "shoot down a theory"
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012