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shootdown

shootdown noun: the shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc.

Noun

shootdown (plural shootdowns)

  1. The shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc.
    • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who personally gave the order to go ahead with the satellite shootdown Wednesday, told reporters in Hawaii on Thursday that he was prepared to share some details of the operation with China to ease its concerns that the debris might still prove dangerous.2008 February 22, Thom Shanker, “An Errant Satellite Is Gone, but Questions Linger”, in New York Times

Forms of shootdown

pluralshootdowns

Origin of shootdown

Deverbal from shoot down.

Questions about shootdown

What does shootdown mean?
Shootdown means the shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc.
What part of speech is shootdown?
Shootdown is a noun.
What is the plural of shootdown?
The plural of shootdown is shootdowns.

Words near shootdown in the dictionary

  1. shootaround
  2. shootarounds
  3. shootboard
  4. shootboards
  5. shootcha
  6. shootdown
  7. shootdowns
  8. shooted
  9. shootee
  10. shootees
  11. shooter

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