Shoot down

The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.

My grandfather shot down several fighter planes in the war.

Stop using your words as weapons / They're never gonna shoot me down / Stop, it's time that you learned a lesson / My love is gonna drown you out

In China, authorities said they might soon shoot down an unidentified flying object over waters near the northern city of Rizhao, The South China Morning Post reported.

Every proposal I made was shot down at once.