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
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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
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As negotiations continue, the Mets reportedly had their latest bid of three years, $70 million shot down by Alonso and his agent, Scott Boras.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The president has not expressed a willingness to reach a deal on immigration reform and Republican leaders shot down a bipartisan border security bill in Congress last year.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
Justice Brett Kavanaugh summarized that concern from Congress in the Supreme Court hearing earlier this month over TikTok’s challenge to the sale-or-ban law, which the court shot down.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 30 Ukrainian drones overnight over western Russian regions -- 14 over Bryansk region, six over Kaluga region, three over Belgorod region, three over Kursk region, two over Ryazan region, and two over Oryol region.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The president has not expressed a willingness to reach a deal on immigration reform and Republican leaders shot down a bipartisan border security bill in Congress last year.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
Justice Brett Kavanaugh summarized that concern from Congress in the Supreme Court hearing earlier this month over TikTok’s challenge to the sale-or-ban law, which the court shot down.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 30 Ukrainian drones overnight over western Russian regions -- 14 over Bryansk region, six over Kaluga region, three over Belgorod region, three over Kursk region, two over Ryazan region, and two over Oryol region.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Shoot down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20down. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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