(transitive) To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner. / (transitive, figuratively) To shoot down; to put an end to.

Of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels. / (idiomatic) (by extension) Of information, or resources; to move slowly down to lower levels of an organisation, or population.

present participle of write down

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of write down

simple past tense and past participle of write down

(transitive) To hunt something and capture or kill it. / (transitive) To destroy by persecution or violence. / (transitive, colloquial) To find with difficulty.

past participle of break down

No longer in working order; broken. / Of a horse, no longer useful for work or riding due to illness or infirmity. / Ruined in character or strength.

(colloquial, rare) To eat a snack or a series of snacks.

(idiomatic) To rain heavily.