shoot down

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verb

1. move quickly and violently (Freq. 1)
- The car tore down the street
- He came charging into my office
• Syn:
tear, shoot, charge, buck
• See Also:
shoot up (for: shoot)
• Hypernyms:
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed,
speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Hyponyms:
rip
• Verb Group:
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. shoot at and force to come down (Freq. 1)
- the enemy landed several of our aircraft
• Syn:
down, land
• Derivationally related forms:
land (for: land)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. thwart the passage of
- kill a motion
- he shot down the student's proposal
• Syn:
kill, defeat, vote down, vote out
• Derivationally related forms:
defeat (for: defeat)
• Hypernyms:
veto, blackball, negative
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something