Shoot-down (Noun)
Meaning
Murder by shooting someone down in cold blood.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The police investigation revealed that the victim was a target of a premeditated shoot-down by a hired assassin.
- Eyewitnesses described the scene as a brutal shoot-down, with the perpetrator showing no remorse for the victim's life.
- The community was outraged by the senseless shoot-down of an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of a gang rivalry.
- Forensic evidence confirmed that the victim's death was a result of a deliberate shoot-down, rather than an accidental shooting.
- The court convicted the defendant of first-degree murder for the calculated shoot-down of a rival businessman in a dispute over a lucrative contract.