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look-down/shoot-down

look-down/shoot-down is the alternative form of look-down, shoot-down.

Meaning of look-down, shoot-down

Adjective

look-down, shoot-down (not comparable)

  1. (typically military) Capable of picking out airborne targets that are silhouetted against the ground and guiding weapons onto these targets.

Questions about look-down/shoot-down

What is look-down/shoot-down the alternative form of?
Look-down/shoot-down is the alternative form of look-down, shoot-down.

Words near look-down/shoot-down in the dictionary

  1. look-at-me
  2. look-back
  3. look-backs
  4. look-down shoot-down
  5. look-down, shoot-down
  6. look-down/shoot-down
  7. look-in
  8. look-ins
  9. look-out
  10. look-out book
  11. look-out books

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