"look-down, shoot-down" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: look-down shoot-down [alternative], look-down/shoot-down [alternative]
Etymology: From the capability of looking down from the intercepting aircraft to the ground, and then shooting down the enemy. Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=look-down, shoot-down}} look-down, shoot-down (not comparable)
  1. (typically military, of a radar) Capable of picking out airborne targets that are silhouetted against the ground and guiding weapons onto these targets. Wikipedia link: Look-down/shoot-down Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-look-down,_shoot-down-en-adj-lUTUlcRz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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