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shoot down vs down

down vs shoot down

shoot down is not a noun while down is a noun.

shoot down is not an adjective while down is an adjective.

shoot down and down both are verbs.

shoot down is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shoot down No No Yes No
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
As verbs, shoot down and down are synonyms defined as:
  • shoot down and down: shoot at and force to come down
Other synonyms of shoot down include land.
shoot down (noun) down (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
shoot down (adjective) down (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
shoot down (verb) down (verb)
shoot at and force to come down improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
move quickly and violently bring down or defeat (an opponent)
thwart the passage of drink down entirely
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
shoot down (adverb) down (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
Difference between shoot down and down

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