shoot down

English - Turkish

Definition of shoot down in English Turkish dictionary: uçağa ateş edip düşürmek; hayır demek; karşı çıkmak; (uçak) düşürmek; silahla vurup düşür; ateş edip düşürmek; boşa çıkarmak; yıkmak (ümit); (uçağa) ateş edip düşürmek; vurup düşürmek; (fiil)rup düşürmek, yıkmak (ümit), boşa çıkarmak
shoot down in flames: (deyim) ağır biçimde eleştirmek
shoot s.o. down: birine ateş edip öldürmek
shoot someone down: birine ateş edip öldürmek

English - English

Definition of shoot down in English English dictionary: 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"
shoot down an airliner: shoot an airliner and cause it to crash
shoot down in flames: make fall in a burst of fire; win an argument
look-down, shoot-down: Describing a phased-array radar powerful enough to pick aircraft out of ground clutter from high altitude
shoot-down: murder by shooting someone down in cold blood

shoot down

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shoot Down

şut daun

/ˈsʜo͞ot ˈdoun/ /ˈʃuːt ˈdaʊn/

[ 'shüt ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English sheten, shuten, from Old English scEotan; akin to Old Norse skjOta to shoot.

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