What is another word for shoot-down?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈuːtdˈa͡ʊn], [ ʃˈuːtdˈaʊn], [ ʃ_ˈuː_t_d_ˈaʊ_n]
Related words: shoot-down sequence, shoot-down zone, shoot-down game, shoot-down base, military shoot-down
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Synonyms for Shoot-down:
n.
• act (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun) • shoot-down (noun)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- consign,
- blackball,
- fritter,
- nix,
- buck,
- bourgeon,
- kill,
- jerk,
- rupture,
- gibe,
- dismiss,
- counterattack,
- rebut,
- assassinate,
- photograph,
- displume,
- mock,
- deplume,
- rouse,
- pluck,
- laugh,
- pip,
- inject,
- debunk,
- scud,
- slaughter,
- deplumate,
- pullulate,
- institutionalize,
- polish,
- disconfirm,
- confound,
- deride,
- exterminate,
- blitz,
- fine-tune,
- belie,
- dispatch,
- saddle,
- overcome,
- sprout,
- detonate,
- shore,
- bill,
- commove,
- bayonet,
- jeer,
- scoot,
- confute,
- hitch,
- spud,
- strangle,
- massacre,
- falsify,
- germinate,
- skewer,
- bombard,
- fool,
- agitate,
- institutionalise,
- film.
How to use "Shoot-down" in context?
Shot down refers to the physical destruction of a airborne aircraft, usually by gunfire. This typically refers to aircraft that are deliberately destroyed by a hostile action.
The first recorded shot down of a manned aircraft was on November 15, 1912, when a French L'Orient intercontinental aircraft was shot down by a Turkish vessel in the Mediterranean Sea.
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