STRIKE DOWN Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

strike down

verb

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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 Missourians for Fair Governance, a campaign group formed by the Missouri Association of Realtors, the advocacy arm of the state’s real estate industry, sued top state officials in October to strike down the language. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026 The whole tariff nonsense, the tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court, those tariffs rested on false claims by the president of the United States about economic emergency. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026 Executives also referenced broader policy shifts, including a White House push for a global tariff of 15 percent after the Supreme Court struck down some import taxes imposed over the past year. —

CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026 There have also been a litany of other sports betting scandals, in the NFL and in the NCAA, since the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports betting in 2018. —

Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike down

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Front and rear wings are simplified, and the sport’s controversial Drag Reduction System (DRS)—long considered to create artificial overtaking—has been abolished.

— Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2026
In Steven Spielberg's historical drama, which focuses on Lincoln's final months working to abolish slavery via the 13th Amendment, Day-Lewis uncannily looks the part and also fills it with grace and gravitas.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026