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| 1. | [ verb ] move quickly and violently | |
| Synonyms: | charge tear shoot buck | |
| Examples: | "The car tore down the street" "He came charging into my office" |
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| Related terms: | rush rip shoot_up dart | |
| 2. | [ verb ] shoot at and force to come down | |
| Synonyms: | land down | |
| Examples: | "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" |
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| Related terms: | land | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (politics) thwart the passage of | |
| Synonyms: | defeat kill vote_down vote_out | |
| Examples: | "kill a motion" "he shot down the student's proposal" |
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| Related terms: | veto defeat | |
| Similar spelling: |
shout_down shut_down shoot-down showdown shutdown shut_in sit_down set_down |
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