as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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Recent Examples of strike down
Two election cycles passed before the Florida Supreme Court struck down those maps.
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
On pension reform, the 2012 measure was struck down by the courts and cannot simply be revived.
—Mark Powell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The next month, a panel of federal judges struck down Texas’s mid-decade redistricting plan, in significant part on the basis of Dhillon’s letter supporting the creation of a new map.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
That ban was struck down by a federal judge in September 2020.
—Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
On pension reform, the 2012 measure was struck down by the courts and cannot simply be revived.
—Mark Powell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The next month, a panel of federal judges struck down Texas’s mid-decade redistricting plan, in significant part on the basis of Dhillon’s letter supporting the creation of a new map.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
That ban was struck down by a federal judge in September 2020.
—Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strike down
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His platform includes defending science and abolishing ICE and the Electoral College.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Defunding police is as dumb as abolishing ICE.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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While Washington’s policies drive prices up, our state has lowered costs where the state has jurisdiction — by repealing the grocery tax and capping child care expenses.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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In New Zealand, a ban was adopted in 2022 but repealed in 2024.—
Marie Helweg-Larsen,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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The agency has reportedly cancelled or delayed more than a billion dollars of grants for programs like school desegregation and disability services.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In the video, Cardi B yelled at the top of her voice, threatening to cancel her concert.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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Automation is being rolled back.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Yankees will look to avoid its first series sweep Sunday with Cam Schlittler on the mound against Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The troop carrier planes became bogged down in the soil and had to be destroyed by the US to avoid them falling into enemy hands, while new planes were flown in.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
11 Apr. 2026
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Detectives said a passerby found the 60-year-old man partially sitting in a wheelchair that was overturned.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Prior to his 2011 conviction, Jeffs was charged and convicted of being an accomplice to rape in September 2007 after coercing a 14-year-old to marry her 19-year-old cousin, though the ruling was later overturned by the Utah Supreme Court over faulty jury instructions, according to CBS News.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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