SHOOT DOWN

• (verb) shoot at and force to come down

  "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

  synonyms : down , land

• (verb) move quickly and violently

  "The car tore down the street", "He came charging into my office"

  synonyms : buck , charge , shoot , tear

• (verb) thwart the passage of

  "kill a motion", "he shot down the student's proposal"

  synonyms : defeat , kill , vote down , vote out

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