"shoot down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shoot down.ogg [Australia] Forms: shoots down [present, singular, third-person], shooting down [participle, present], shot down [participle, past], shot down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shoot<,,shot> down}} shoot down (third-person singular simple present shoots down, present participle shooting down, simple past and past participle shot down)
  1. (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting. Tags: transitive Derived forms: shootdown [noun] Related terms: cut down Translations (to cause to fall by shooting): խոցել (xocʿel) (Armenian), збіва́ць (zbivácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), збіць (zbicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), 擊落 (Chinese Mandarin), 击落 (jīluò) (Chinese Mandarin), sestřelit (Czech), neerhalen (Dutch), ampua alas (Finnish), abattre (French), niederschießen (German), abschießen (German), fusilagar (Ido), abbattere (Italian), 撃ち落とす (uchiotosu) (alt: うちおとす) (Japanese), បាញ់ធ្លាក់ (baɲ tleak) (Khmer), menembak jatuh (Malay), zestrzeliwać [imperfective] (Polish), zestrzelić [perfective] (Polish), abater (Portuguese), derrubar (Portuguese), abàtar (Romagnol), doborî (Romanian), сбива́ть (sbivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сбить (sbitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), derribar (Spanish), abatir (Spanish), збива́ти (zbyváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зби́ти (zbýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), bắn trúng (Vietnamese), bắn hạ (Vietnamese), אונטערשיסן (untershisn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-shoot_down-en-verb-QO-vWsR~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 86 14 Disambiguation of 'to cause to fall by shooting': 99 1
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-shoot_down-en-verb-VXigivtS

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shoot down meaning in English (6.9kB)

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          "text": "The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "My grandfather shot down several fighter planes in the war.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "2022 November 10, Ava Max, Melanie Fontana, Michel Schulz, Ryan Tedder, Madison Love, Cirkut, “Weapons”, in Diamonds & Dancefloors, performed by Ava Max",
          "text": "Stop using your words as weapons / They're never gonna shoot me down / Stop, it's time that you learned a lesson / My love is gonna drown you out",
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          "ref": "2023 February 12, Daniel E. Slotnik, Amelia Nierenberg, “Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Destroys U.F.O.s”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-13, Briefing",
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        "To cause to fall by shooting."
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        "(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xocʿel",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "խոցել"
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          "roman": "zbivácʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
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          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "擊落"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīluò",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "击落"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "sestřelit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "neerhalen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "ampua alas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "abattre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "niederschießen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "abschießen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "fusilagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "abbattere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "うちおとす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "uchiotosu",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "撃ち落とす"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "baɲ tleak",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "បាញ់ធ្លាក់"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "menembak jatuh"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
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          "word": "zestrzeliwać"
        },
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          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "abater"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "derrubar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "abàtar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "doborî"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sbivátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sbitʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "derribar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "abatir"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zbyváty",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "збива́ти"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zbýty",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "зби́ти"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "bắn trúng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "bắn hạ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "untershisn",
          "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
          "word": "אונטערשיסן"
        }
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        "To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion."
      ],
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        "To cause to fall by shooting."
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        "(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion."
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xocʿel",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "խոցել"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zbivácʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "збіва́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zbicʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "збіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "擊落"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīluò",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "击落"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "sestřelit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "neerhalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "ampua alas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "abattre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "niederschießen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "abschießen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "fusilagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "abbattere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うちおとす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uchiotosu",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "撃ち落とす"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "baɲ tleak",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "បាញ់ធ្លាក់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "menembak jatuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zestrzeliwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zestrzelić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "abater"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "derrubar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "abàtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "doborî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbivátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbitʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "derribar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "abatir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbyváty",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "збива́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbýty",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зби́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "bắn trúng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "bắn hạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "untershisn",
      "sense": "to cause to fall by shooting",
      "word": "אונטערשיסן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoot down"
}

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