Examples of 'been shot down' in a sentence

Meaning of "been shot down"

When someone or something has been 'shot down' in English, it means that they have been strongly rejected, criticized, or disproven. This phrase is commonly used in discussions or debates where an idea, proposal, or argument is met with strong opposition or dismissal. It can also be used metaphorically to describe personal experiences or aspirations that have been thwarted or invalidated

How to use "been shot down" in a sentence

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The UAVhas been shot down in your area.
I found out that he had been shot down.
He may have been shot down in my area.
Some of them were claimed to have been shot down.
It had probably been shot down by friendly fire.
Although the impostor has been shot down.
A kid has been shot down and we are picking a dress.
The aircraft may have been shot down.
And been shot down in the pacific.
Where an anonymous guy has been shot down.
Airmen who had been shot down doing that bombing.
I learned later that he had been shot down.
He must have been shot down and killed.
At least three of them have been shot down.
He had been shot down in his innocence.

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The helicopter must have been shot down.
They had been shot down like animals.
These smears have been shot down.
Never been shot down before.
American planes have been shot down.
My jet has been shot down somewhere south east.
They said our choppers had been shot down.
We have been shot down too.
Another group of airmen who have been shot down.
You have been shot down.
Concerning enemy aviators who have been shot down.
Similar laws have been shot down in the past.
Turkish military helicopter may have been shot down.
A boy has been shot down.
Experienced again being in a plane which had been shot down.
A plane has been shot down.
It was conceived when you were in hospital after you would been shot down.
The plane had been shot down.
My jet has been shot down somewhere south east of old seattle.
You said it had been shot down.
Or been shot down.
I thought you would been shot down.
He would have been shot down like a dog by the seconds.
As british airmen who have been shot down.
He should have been shot down and left there.
Because their views have not been shot down.
He had been shot down.
We have destroyed three and two have been shot down.
They have been shot down.
It was admitted later that the aircraft had been shot down.
They supposed they had been shot down by a flak ship.
An investigation found that the helicopter may have been shot down.
Aircraft has been shot down.
Georgian authorities denied that any of its spy planes had been shot down.
The conspiracy theories have been shot down again and again.

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