shoot down

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === shoot down (third-person singular simple present shoots down, present participle shooting down, simple past and past participle shot down) (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting. (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize (a request) to the point of preclusion. ==== Derived terms ==== shootdown (noun) ==== Translations ==== === See also === cut down === Anagrams === downshoot