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 2024 ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional had been on hold pending appeal, so Wednesday’s reversal does not change the status quo. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 The 2024 ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional had been on hold pending appeal, so Wednesday's reversal does not change the status quo. — CBS News, 29 July 2026 The conservative majority also sided with Vice President JD Vance and Republicans in striking down a law limiting how much political parties can spend in coordination with an election candidate. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The court dealt Trump a major defeat in February by striking down his sweeping worldwide tariffs. — Los Angeles Times, 31 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for striking down

Verb

Troy Jackson, poised to be the Democratic nominee, supports abolishing ICE.

— Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Some Republican candidates advocated for abolishing property taxes altogether.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026

Definition of abolishing

Verb

The options to address sales tax exemptions for data centers could include limiting the sales tax exemption or repealing them, Huffman said.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
Instead of lobbying for the law, Congress should be thinking about reforming, if not repealing, it.

— James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of repealing

Verb

Gray, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty last week to 55 charges, canceling a trial that was scheduled to begin in October at a courthouse in Columbia County.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Cracker Barrel stopped the updates in their tracks, reverting to its old logo and canceling plans to remodel restaurants.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of canceling

Verb

Now, the division is focused on combating diversity initiatives, rolling back pro-transgender policies and rooting out allegations of election fraud.

— Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
The most consequential move the administration has made is rolling back a suite of EPA rules that cracked down on air and water pollution from the plants.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

Definition of rolling back

Verb

Balancing the risks of using AI agents versus the threat of avoiding them is a work in progress with no clear answers for now.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
The Irish notwithstanding, this year appears more manageable, avoiding Indiana, Ohio State, Oregon and Michigan in Big Ten play.

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of avoiding

Verb

The court delivered on a long-term goal of the conservative legal movement, overturning a 90-year precedent that had limited the ability of presidents to fire leaders of agencies that Congress designed to be independent.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 30 July 2026
In June, 2025, the Israelis conducted an extended assault that appeared partly aimed at overturning the Iranian government.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026