1. shoot down - Noun
2. shoot down - Verb
move quickly and violently
thwart the passage of
shoot at and force to come down
murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
Source: WordNetshoot-down
Be afraid of the Chinese. I mean, the Chinese shoot down satellites in space; they hack into Google's computers; the Osama bin Laden people can't make their underwear blow up. Francis Fukuyama
Here's what I'm going to have to say to all of you. If some of you have demons in your head who talk to you in profanity or whatever, don't let your demon shoot down your rock music, don't let your demon keep you off the joy bus. So like I say, Rock music pays off. Wesley Willis
It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was stupendous. It would be easier to shoot down the moon. Opal tapped this into her notepad. Reminder. Shoot down the moon? Viable? Eoin Colfer
Shoot down the Confederacy and uphold the flag; the American flag. Frederick Douglass
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. Eddie Rickenbacker
To shoot down a European is to kill two birds with one stone, to destroy an oppressor and the man he oppresses at the same time. Jean-Paul Sartre