shoot-down

Nouns

  • (n) murder by shooting someone down in cold blood

Verbs

  • (v) move quickly and violently
    • The car tore down the street
    • He came charging into my office
    buck, tear, charge, shoot,
  • (v) shoot at and force to come down
    • the enemy landed several of our aircraft
    down, land,
  • (v) thwart the passage of
    • kill a motion
    • he shot down the student's proposal
    vote down, vote out, defeat, kill,

Synonyms

buck tear charge shoot down land vote down vote out defeat kill

See also

shoot up

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