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SHOOT DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shoot at and force to come down
Example:
the enemy landed several of our aircraft
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move quickly and violently
Example:
He came charging into my office
Synonyms:
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "shoot down" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)
Verb group:
dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot down"):
rip (move precipitously or violently)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Thwart the passage of
Example:
he shot down the student's proposal
Synonyms:
defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "shoot down" is one way to...):
blackball; negative; veto (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
