Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to fall by shooting. 2 (context idiomatic English) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.
WordNet
v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot, charge, buck]
shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, land]
thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" [syn: kill, defeat, vote down, vote out]
Wikipedia
Shoot Down is a 2006 documentary regarding the events surrounding the Brothers to the Rescue organization and the eventual shootdown of two of its aircraft.
Based on five reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of the critics enjoyed Shoot Down with an average rating of 7/10.
Usage examples of "shoot down".
He was already carrying a collecting-gun, and thrust into his belt was a dust-gun with which someone with quicker hands and eyes than mine might shoot down collectible insectoids on the wing.