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Verb
S:
(v)
tear
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shoot
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shoot down
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charge
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buck
(move quickly and violently)
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
S:
(v)
down
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shoot down
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land
(shoot at and force to come down)
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
S:
(v)
kill
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shoot down
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defeat
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vote down
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vote out
(thwart the passage of)
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"