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shoot down
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shoot down
KO, blow to pieces, blow up, brain, bring down, burn to death, call off, cancel, charge, cock, complete, cook, cut down, cut to pieces, deal a deathblow, defeat, delete, detonate, discharge, dish, disintegrate, dispose of, do for, do in, drop, drop the curtain, eject, end off, expunge, extinguish, fell, finalize, finish, fire, fire off, fix, fold up, frag, get it over, get over with, get through with, give the quietus, gun, gun down, gun for, hit, incinerate, jugulate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, lapidate, lay low, let fly, let off, load, pelt, pepper, perfect, pick off, pistol, plug, poleax, polish off, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, put paid to, riddle, scrag, scuttle, settle, shoot, shoot at, shoot to death, shotgun, silence, sink, snipe, stab to death, stone, stone to death, strike, strike dead, take a potshot, torpedo, undo, vaporize, wipe out, zapFor further exploring for "shoot down" in Webster Dictionary Online