down a helicopter

Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words

To cause a helicopter to fall from the sky.

helicopterVERB + helicopter

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down

Examples (10)

  • The helicopter was downed by a missile.
  • Rebel forces claimed they downed the military helicopter.
  • The new anti-aircraft system is capable of downing a helicopter from miles away.
  • Are you suggesting that a bird strike could down a helicopter of this size?
  • Downing the enemy helicopter was a critical turning point in the battle.
  • Intelligence reports indicate that the insurgents have downed another helicopter.
  • A lucky shot from a single rifle was all it took to down the low-flying helicopter.
  • If they had managed to down that rescue helicopter, there would have been no survivors.
  • The investigation focused on how the sophisticated attack helicopter was downed by such a primitive weapon.
  • The severe ice storm was responsible for downing the news helicopter.