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look-down, shoot-down

look-down, shoot-down adjective: capable of picking out airborne targets that are silhouetted against the ground and guiding weapons onto these targets.

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.

Forms of look-down, shoot-down

alternative formlook-down shoot-down
alternative formlook-down/shoot-down

Origin of look-down, shoot-down

From the capability of looking down from the intercepting aircraft to the ground, and then shooting down the enemy.

Questions about look-down, shoot-down

What does look-down, shoot-down mean?
Look-down, shoot-down means capable of picking out airborne targets that are silhouetted against the ground and guiding weapons onto these targets.
What part of speech is look-down, shoot-down?
Look-down, shoot-down is an adjective.

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

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

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