shootdown

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shootdown

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Deverbal from shoot down.

noun shootdowns

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.

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noun shooting down of an aircraft

Deutsch	Abschießen, Abschuss

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@misc{shootdown_2026,
  title = {shootdown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shootdown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}