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 Business leaders emphasized that even after the recent Supreme Court decision striking down major portions of the tariffs, the impacts remain. —

Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 Low- and Middle-Income American families, and small businesses, accounting for well over half of our country’s population, paid out a disproportionate share of their incomes to the government due to IEEPA Tariffs recently struck down by the Supreme Court. —

Robert Hormats, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026 The one-square-mile municipality with no stores, no city hall, no bars and one church was struck down in a special election held strictly by the book. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026 Measuring the success of the lawsuit, Garber said Trump signed a similar executive order a year ago that was largely struck down by the courts. —

Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike down

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Two weeks later, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile in Iraq and led a drive to abolish the monarchy and proclaim an Islamic government.

— Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2026
The clock ran out on a bill aimed at moving Georgia to a new time zone, ending supporters’ hopes of abolishing the chore of changing the clocks twice per year.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026