· move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
Synonym(s): tear, shoot, charge, buck
Hypernym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt_along, rush_along, cannonball_along, bucket_along, belt_along, step_on_it
· shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
· thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
Synonym(s): kill, defeat, vote_down, vote_out
Hypernym(s): veto, blackball, negative