STRUCK DOWN Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

struck down

verb

past tense of strike down

as in abolished

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 struck down However, some of those changes were recently struck down in federal court. — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 Chicago aldermen Thursday struck down most of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s last-minute progressive questions to ask voters this autumn, opting instead for a slate mainly of their own making. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Trump asserted that the law authorized him to impose individualized tariff rates on nearly every country, but the Supreme Court in February struck down those import duties. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 July 2026 Federal courts have struck down some state prohibitions on hormone therapy for incarcerated people, while courts have allowed states to prohibit gender-transition surgeries in some circumstances. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 They were struck down by cross-ideological Supreme Court majorities. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 July 2026 The justices struck down his worldwide tariffs, ruling these import taxes are a matter for Congress, not the president. — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Still, that clause could be struck down if Kelce establishes his professional identity in Hollywood as Kelce-Swift by the time of their divorce. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 Those decisions on what to review next in the Second Amendment space come after the high court struck down on June 25 a Hawaii law requiring gun owners to get permission before bringing guns into stores or other private property open to the public. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for struck down

Verb

In 2014, Pope Francis abolished the future use of the monsignor title — which denotes a specific honor — for most priests.

— Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026
Beijing eventually increased the limit to two children in 2015, then abolished the policy entirely in 2021.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Definition of abolished

Verb

Justices found Yoon violated Cabinet members’ deliberation rights, falsified and destroyed the martial law proclamation, and used security forces to obstruct his arrest before lawmakers swiftly repealed the decree.

— Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
However, the City Council at the time repealed the measure and called it unworkable.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Definition of repealed

Verb

Broiling conditions have severely tested the continent’s infrastructure, with some trains delayed or cancelled as extreme temperatures risk warping the metal tracks.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
During his years in exile, Osip Mandelstam was denied the right to work for any publication or publishing house; translation jobs were cancelled, his writing went unpublished.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Others, including Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, point to a budget disaster roughly a decade ago in Kansas, in which legislators enacted a series of tax cuts that were eventually rolled back.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

Definition of rolled back

Verb

The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
The restrictions were overturned late last month following weeks of discussions that led to Anthropic creating additional cybersecurity safeguards for its technology.

— Lorelei Smillie, Fortune, 9 July 2026