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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. move quickly and violently;
- Example: "The car tore down the street"
- Example: "He came charging into my office"
[syn: tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck]

2. shoot at and force to come down;
- Example: "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
[syn: down, shoot down, land]

3. thwart the passage of;
- Example: "kill a motion"
- Example: "he shot down the student's proposal"
[syn: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shoot down
    v 1: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
         "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot,
         shoot down, charge, buck]
    2: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of
       our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]
    3: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the
       student's proposal" [syn: kill, shoot down, defeat,
       vote down, vote out]