noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. shooting down (aircraft).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
撃墜 げきつい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

beat, attack, defeat
ゲキ う.つ (Early Jr. High, N1)
fishing pole, fishing rod
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (Late High School, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)
crash, fall (down)
ツイ お.ちる (Late Jr. High, N1)
regiment, party, company
タイ (4th, N1)
place, left village radical - 2 stroke form (no. 170), mound
こざと
consummate, (遂 variant)
to divide
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)