(uçağa) ateş edip düşürmek

Turkish - English

Definition of (uçağa) ateş edip düşürmek in Turkish English dictionary

shoot down

To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion

Every proposal I made was shot down at once.

To cause to fall by shooting

The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.

If one person shoots down another, they shoot them with a gun. He was prepared to suppress rebellion by shooting down protesters They shot him down in cold blood

If you shoot someone down or shoot down their ideas, you say or show that they are completely wrong. She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence

cause an aircraft to fall; destroy, defeat

shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

If someone shoots down an aeroplane, a helicopter, or a missile, they make it fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet or missile. They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile

thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"

move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

Hyphenation

(u·ça·ğa) a·teş e·dip dü·şür·mek