"shootdown" meaning in English

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        "The shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc."
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "shooting down of an aircraft",
          "word": "Abschießen"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "shooting down of an aircraft",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "shooting down of an aircraft",
      "word": "Abschießen"
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