Kill
Kill verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Usage example: the Senate killed the bill by a single vote
Shoot down is a synonym for kill in slaughter topic. In some cases you can use "Shoot down" instead a verb "Kill".
Shoot down
Shoot down verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Usage example: every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members
Kill is a synonym for shoot down in destroy topic. You can use "Kill" instead a verb "Shoot down", if it concerns topics such as say no to, refuse permission, declare null and void.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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As he's trying to shoot down and kill Race Bannon in an aerial duel, a condor attacks his plane in revenge and causes him to crash into a mountainside.
Source: Karmic Death - The phrase "Ape shall not kill ape" appears three movies earlier in Beneath the Planet of the Apes as an excuse to not shoot down protesting pacifist apes.
Source: Ape Shall Never Kill Ape -
In Misery, Paul Sheldon contemplates how to kill the crazy woman holding him captive, only to shoot down every idea he comes up with with "well, maybe in a book that would work, but here, no."
Source: This Is Reality
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