Overview of noun shoot-down

The noun shoot-down has 1 sense

• shoot-down -- (murder by shooting someone down in cold blood)

Overview of verb shoot-down

The verb shoot down has 3 senses

• tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")


• down, shoot down, land -- (shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft")


• kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out -- (thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal")