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 Before the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court in February, China faced a tariff rate of 30 percent, down from astronomical triple-digit tariffs at certain points last year. —

Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 15 May 2026 The campaign seeks to strike down the map at the ballot box, which would revert the state’s congressional districts back to the map lawmakers approved in 2022. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026 Then, barely a week later, the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down a map that could have added four Democratic House seats. —

Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a new congressional map for the 2026 election after the Supreme Court struck down the state's current map in a landmark ruling last month. —

Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike down

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The Republican Party was then in a state of relative emergency—the Civil War had been won and slavery had been abolished, but Black Americans in the South were still subject to terrorism and intimidation, while whites in the North had shown resistance to the idea of Black suffrage.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
After months of shutdown fights, bipartisan condemnation, and calls to abolish ICE entirely, the last thing the administration may want is another headline.

— Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026