shoot down
verb
shot down; shooting down; shoots down
1
: to cause to fall by shooting
shot down the helicopter
especially
: to kill in this way
was shot down in cold blood
4
: discredit sense 2
shoot down a theory
Examples of shoot down in a Sentence
nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank
every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members
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Russia's Ministry of Defense, meanwhile, said its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday.
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Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Russia’s Ministry of Defense, meanwhile, said its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Several girls in class, led by Beth (with a large binder in tow), band together to form a feminism club, a proposal which is initially shot down by the administration until Mr. Smith agrees to sponsor and Mason is dragged in.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
Trump's would-be assassin sought weapon to shoot down his plane, DOJ says
Jacob Rosen
Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Russia’s Ministry of Defense, meanwhile, said its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Several girls in class, led by Beth (with a large binder in tow), band together to form a feminism club, a proposal which is initially shot down by the administration until Mr. Smith agrees to sponsor and Mason is dragged in.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
Trump's would-be assassin sought weapon to shoot down his plane, DOJ says
Jacob Rosen
Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoot down
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“Shoot down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20down. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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