shoot down

transitive idiomatic

(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting. / (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

Japanese Meaning

（弾丸などで）撃ち落とす / （提案や要求などを）徹底的に批判して却下する

The anti-aircraft battery managed to shoot down the enemy drone before it reached the convoy.

対空砲は、敵のドローンが車列に到達する前に撃ち落とすことに成功した。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.

The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.

Sense（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

Every proposal I made was shot down at once.

shoots down

（ present singular third-person ）

shooting down

（ participle present ）

shot down

（ participle past ）

shot down

（ past ）