SHOOT DOWN


Meaning of SHOOT DOWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ transitive verb ]

Date: 1657

1. : to cause to fall by shooting

shot down the helicopter

especially : to kill in this way

was shot down in cold blood

2. : to put an end to : defeat , reject

shoot down legislation

3. : deflate , ridicule

4. : discredit 2

shoot down a theory

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.