shoot down
verb
shot down; shooting down; shoots down
1
: to cause to fall by shooting
shot down the helicopter
especially
: to kill in this way
was shot down in cold blood
4
: discredit sense 2
shoot down a theory
Examples of shoot down in a Sentence
nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank
every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members
Recent Examples on the Web
Cambodian troops recorded themselves shooting down one such quadcopter drone with small arms fire.
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Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Jassy shot down some of the recent reporting that said prices have increased on the e-commerce platform as a result of tariffs.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Meyers previously shot down rumors that a sequel to the movie was in the works with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Those rumors were fueled when the yachts of Verstappen and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff were spotted near one another in Sardinia, although the Dutchman was quick to shoot down speculation.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Jassy shot down some of the recent reporting that said prices have increased on the e-commerce platform as a result of tariffs.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Meyers previously shot down rumors that a sequel to the movie was in the works with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Those rumors were fueled when the yachts of Verstappen and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff were spotted near one another in Sardinia, although the Dutchman was quick to shoot down speculation.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoot down
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“Shoot down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20down. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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