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View definitions for shoot down

shoot down

verb as in attack

verb as in explode

verb as in oppugn

verb as in slam

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Kyiv said that day it had managed to shoot down 62 drones, and that a further 67 were “lost” - meaning they were either downed by electronic warfare, or disappeared from radar screens.

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"It feels like a wet towel and you're wringing it in your stomach and pain shoots down your legs and it hurts my back, just like an overall ache," she said.

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Our fate was in the hands of those shooting down those missiles — Israel’s interceptors as well as defensive actions by the American, British and French militaries.

There are more drones to shoot down, too, often launched from Russia in waves to overwhelm the main defences ahead of a missile strike.

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These fly at hypersonic speed and can shoot down ballistic missiles in space.

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

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