English Explanatory Dictionary

look-down, shoot-down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of picking out airborne targets that are silhouetted against the ground and guiding weapons onto these targets.

Word forms

look-down, shoot-down look-down shoot-down look-down/shoot-down

Etymology

From the capability of looking down from the intercepting aircraft to the ground, and then shooting down the enemy.

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