shootdown
Aircraft forcibly downed
A shootdown is the act of bringing down an aircraft by gunfire or missile.
The term appears most often in military and news contexts: The shootdown of the spy plane escalated tensions between the two nations.
As a verb phrase, shoot down means to destroy an aircraft in flight, or figuratively to reject something decisively: They shot down every proposal we made.
Seize en route
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- antiaircraftGround-to-sky weaponry
airspace · dogfight · flak · pilot · jet · targeting · scramble · bogey
Official refusal to approve
- refusalAct of declining
- declineDecrease or refuse
- turndownAct of declining
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
nix · denial · dismissal · overrule · invalidate · quash · nullify · disapproval
Expose as false
- refuteProve something untrue
- rebutDisprove by argument
- disproveProve something untrue
- discreditHarm another's reputation
demolish · dismantle · counter · challenge · cross-examine · fact-check · contradict · undermine
intercept
Seize en route
antiaircraft · airspace · dogfight · flak · pilot · jet · targeting · scramble · bogey · evasion
veto
Official refusal to approve
rebuff · nix · denial · dismissal · overrule · invalidate · quash · nullify · disapproval · objection
debunk
Expose as false
discredit · demolish · dismantle · counter · challenge · cross-examine · fact-check · contradict · undermine · expose
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site
shootdownair defense
Protection from aerial attack
escort · air cover · protection · rescue