shoot down

Verb
  1. Move quickly and violently (synset 202059191)
    "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
    is a type of: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridly
    subtypes: rip - move precipitously or violently
    same as: buck, charge, shoot, tear
    verb group: dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily
  2. Shoot at and force to come down (synset 201985293)
    "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
    same as: down, land
  3. Thwart the passage of (synset 202479111)
    "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
    is a type of: blackball, negative, veto - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
    same as: defeat, kill, vote down, vote out

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