What does 撃墜 mean?
撃墜 is a Japanese noun meaning “shooting down” in English. It is written as 撃墜 in kanji, げきつい in hiragana, and gekitsui in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
彼らは空襲を受けたとき敵の飛行機を２機撃墜した。
They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.