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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Some 130 drones were shot down, while 38 failed to reach their targets.
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Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Ukraine, for example, expects about 85 percent of its kamikaze drones to be shot down.
—Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
In repelling the attacks, Ukraine shot down 134 air targets.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Manfred also shot down any speculation about Rose’s reinstatement in 2023, as the league had partnerships with sportsbooks.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Ukraine, for example, expects about 85 percent of its kamikaze drones to be shot down.
—Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
In repelling the attacks, Ukraine shot down 134 air targets.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Manfred also shot down any speculation about Rose’s reinstatement in 2023, as the league had partnerships with sportsbooks.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Mar. 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 18 Mar. 2025.
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