SHOOT DOWN
Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot down mean?
• SHOOT DOWN (verb)
The verb SHOOT DOWN has 3 senses:
1. move quickly and violently
2. shoot at and force to come down
3. thwart the passage of
Familiarity information: SHOOT DOWN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SHOOT DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Move quickly and violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
shoot down; buck; tear; charge; shoot
Context examples:
The car tore down the street / He came charging into my office
Hypernyms (to "shoot down" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed (step on it)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot down"):
rip (move precipitously or violently)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Shoot at and force to come down
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
shoot down; down; land
Context example:
the enemy landed several of our aircraft
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Thwart the passage of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
vote down; vote out; defeat; kill; shoot down
Context examples:
kill a motion / he shot down the student's proposal
Hypernyms (to "shoot down" is one way to...):
blackball; negative; veto (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
