downing

See also Downing

English

Verb

downing

1. Present participle of down.

Noun

downing (plural downings)

1. An occasion on which something is downed
   • 2007 February 18, Michael R. Gordon, “Planning Seen in Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Copters”, New York Times:

     In several recent helicopter downings, the attackers used a variety of weapons […] .