'shoot down' definitions:

Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck]

Shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]

Thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" [syn: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out]