STRIKING DOWN Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

striking down

verb

present participle of strike down

as in abolishing

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 striking down The court dealt Trump a major defeat in February by striking down his sweeping worldwide tariffs. —

Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 In a one-sentence order, the justices left in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling striking down a measure allowing lawmakers to create a map more favorable to Democrats in the midterm elections. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Either way, in striking down the Louisiana voting map as a racial gerrymander, this outcome could influence how other states defend or challenge maps, too. —

Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026 The Supreme Court allowed Texas’s redrawn Republican-friendly congressional map to stand on Monday, formally reversing a lower court’s ruling striking down the map as an unlawful racial gerrymander. —

Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026 The Pentagon had tried to implement a new policy, in which reporter workspaces would be located outside the building itself, after the judge issued an earlier order striking down policies that attempted to limit reporting only to authorized releases of information. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 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 Taylor thought the Supreme Court striking down many tariffs would spare the chocolate house from raising prices, but packaging costs remain too high for that. —

Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026 In a 6–3 decision on Friday, the justices ruled that Trump overstepped by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to levy tariffs throughout much of 2025, striking down portions of the duties on steel, aluminum, and some Chinese imports. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026

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Citing his leadership, Senate Republicans in 2023 proposed abolishing the institute and divvying up its functions.

— ProPublica, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump and members of his administration have also repeatedly suggested abolishing the agency — though the president did pave the way for FEMA to assist in relief from the Texas floods in July.

— Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025