WordNet
shoot-down
n. murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
Usage examples of "shoot-down".
It showed the inbound Beechcraft, marked as XXI on the alphanumeric display, one of many contacts, most of which were clearly marked as airliners, and had been high over the shoot-down.
The shoot-down of a commercial airliner could then be used to justify the continuation of CIA activities.
Zhang, well, we have the evaluation from Secretary Adler -- you know, from the shuttle diplomacy after the Airbus shoot-down, which pretty well confirms what that Yamata guy told the Japanese police and our FBI guys about how the Chinese nudged them into the conflict with us, and what for.