shoot down

Found in Anh - Anh (Wordnet)

Definition Verb (transitive) : To kill, wound, or bring down by shooting : To cause a person, animal, or aircraft to fall from the sky or be killed by gunfire or a missile. To reject or defeat decisively : To dismiss an idea, proposal, or argument completely and forcefully, preventing it from being accepted or passed. To move downward rapidly and violently : This sense is less common but relate...