shoot down
v.
To cause to fall by shooting.
v.
To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.
v.
thwart the passage of
fo•ment fō-mĕnt′►
transitive verb
To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
transitive verb
To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
n.
A warm lotion; fomentation.
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