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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Kids can rope swing over obstacles, conquer glass and log bridges, shoot down a 70-foot-long slide and discover panoramic views of Denver 90 feet in the air.
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Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
Around 40 of the 166 were shot down and another 74 drones were lost in location, meaning that its course was electronically rerouted, the air force announced on Telegram.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
An Indian jet was shot down, and Wing Commander Varthaman was captured and later released — a gesture that helped cool tensions, if briefly.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Harvard had previously shot down demands from the administration including to get rid of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and change its admission and hiring practices.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
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Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
Around 40 of the 166 were shot down and another 74 drones were lost in location, meaning that its course was electronically rerouted, the air force announced on Telegram.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
An Indian jet was shot down, and Wing Commander Varthaman was captured and later released — a gesture that helped cool tensions, if briefly.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Harvard had previously shot down demands from the administration including to get rid of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and change its admission and hiring practices.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 22 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 5 May. 2025.
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