neerschieten
Meaning
- (transitive) to shoot down (to down with a projectile)
- (figuratively,transitive) to shoot down (to criticise harshly)
Concepts
gun
shoot
swoop
shoot to death
shoot dead
pop down
down
plug
Frequency
Hyphenated as
neer‧schie‧ten
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈneːrˌsxi.tə(n)/
Etymology
From older nederschieten with syncope of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch nederschieten. Equivalent to neer + schieten.
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