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Meanings of
shoot down
in English
Spanish
despedir
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Move quickly and violently.
charge
shoot
tear
buck
Related terms
shoot up
Spanish
despedir
Spanish
echar abajo
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Thwart the passage of.
kill
defeat
vote down
vote out
Spanish
echar abajo
Synonyms
Examples for "
kill
"
kill
defeat
vote down
vote out
Examples for "
kill
"
1
Despite a
shoot
-
to
-
kill
policy on the border, thousands still leave each month.
2
We gathered round the
kill
;
it was quite fresh; a young buffalo.
3
That is, the defender may shoot to
kill
;
the offender may not.
4
The braves were holding a hunting dance in honor of the
kill
.
5
I have seen them
kill
rabbits in the dusk of the evening.
1
May pulled a parliamentary ratification vote this week facing a heavy
defeat
.
2
That result was Madrid's last
defeat
in the final of the competition.
3
Help them
defeat
the Lannisters and save Father and bring them home.
4
Such violence threatens to undermine U.S.-backed efforts to
defeat
the militant group.
5
Earlier Mr Pohiva said he had the numbers to
defeat
the vote.
1
If they
vote
down
the SPV, investors will be up a creek.
2
Parliament has just resisted the temptation to
vote
down
no deal.
3
If shareholders of either company
vote
down
the deal, there is no breakup fee.
4
If shareholders
vote
down
the deal, the guaranty will run another 120 days unless extended.
5
Criticism also greeted the decision by a junta-appointed council to
vote
down
the draft constitution.
1
To
vote
out
of the EU is not to vote against immigration.
2
Livingston campaigned strongly to
vote
out
the previous Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel.
3
His one
vote
out
of five limited the extent of his prerogative.
4
It may be politically astute in the sense of getting the
vote
out
.
5
Can youse get the
vote
out
to go down the line for us?
Spanish
derribar
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Shoot at and force to come down.
down
land
Spanish
derribar
Usage of
shoot down
in English
1
Their weapons were always at hand to
shoot
down
the straggling savage.
2
At one time I appeared to
shoot
down
a very steep hill.
3
You send militiamen and
shoot
down
our organizers, and we are helpless.
4
He had no rear guard to
shoot
down
any one who ran.
5
The separatists still
shoot
down
Georgian spy planes from time to time.
6
I did not know anyone was using it to
shoot
down
airplanes.
7
New solid-state lasers like Raytheon's Phalanx can already
shoot
down
mortar rounds.
8
You're going to go hunting and
shoot
down
all the dark ones?
9
The moment the leading horse rounds this corner we
shoot
down
the men.
10
He made a pretence of raising a pistol to
shoot
down
the sentry.
11
But the deputies, with unerring aim,
shoot
down
the voluntary captive.
12
Then I felt a painful tingling
shoot
down
my right arm.
13
You may
shoot
down
dozens of them, but that only redoubles their fury.
14
And, what is more, he learned not to over-
shoot
down
hill.
15
You can't
shoot
down
this young fellow without making all kinds of trouble.
16
How could he
shoot
down
in cold blood a fellow man?
Other examples for "shoot down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
shoot
down
shoot
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
shoot down
Spanish
despedir
cargar
disparar
arrancar
sacudirse
echar abajo
echar a perder
frustrar
votar en contra
vencer
derribar
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