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shoot down

verb as in attack

verb as in explode

verb as in oppugn

verb as in slam

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The circumstances around the reported shoot-down are unclear, but it seems likely that the Turkish drone may have been attempting to target Kurdish militants in the area.

In a raft of documents, published online by US airman Jack Teixera, the same incident was described as "a near shoot-down".

From BBC

Some analysts consider the system far from foolproof, and there is some debate about its true shoot-down rate.

After the shoot-down, military crews spent weeks recovering balloon debris off the coast.

“Let me say upfront that the shoot-down occurred in exactly the way we practice, exactly the way we train,” he told Canadian lawmakers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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