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Member Location: Saudi Arabia
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When I was watching CNN, the following sentence
appered on the screen: Shoot down tomorrow? I think they were talking about the launch of a space shuttle since there was a picture of a shuttle. My q: The verb [shoot down] means: to make an enemy plane crash to the ground, by firing weapons at it. How come they are going to shoot down a space shuttle?  Izzy loves you all |
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Member Posts: 11697
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You've got the right definition for shoot down, but the wrong target!
There's a satellite orbiting around the planet that's going to break into many large parts, which will be falling back to Earth and may be a serious danger to people and animals. They're planning to shoot the satellite and perhaps break it into smithereens that won't be so dangerous if and when they fall to Earth. Richard |
