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 The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday struck down one of those holds. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Over the last two years, pretty much every longstanding NCAA eligibility rule has been struck down by a state or federal judge. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Key parts of the bill (House Bill 7) restricting college-level academic freedom and diveristy training of private businesses were struck down in court. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Genevieve Republican and conservative activist Ron Calzone, who argue that the law is unconstitutional and should be struck down. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 The justices struck down the trade penalties and set the stage for the federal government to pay refunds to importers. — Paul Wiseman, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026 For example, in April 2026, voters in Lakewood, Colorado, struck down a missing-middle style zoning reform. — Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Unlike some of the other statutes Trump has turned to after the Supreme Court struck down his sweeping tariffs earlier this year, this trade law, known as Section 338, does not appear to impose a time limit on the duties. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 The ruling struck down a California requirement that charities turn over lists of their major donors. — Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for struck down

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Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Japan has faced growing criticism over its use of the death penalty, as a majority of the international community has abolished capital punishment.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of abolished

Verb

But the immunizations considered for repeal by DOH are only an agency rule, not in state law, and can be repealed by the agency itself.

— CBS News, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Other vaccine requirements, such as for measles, polio and mumps, are in state statute and would require the Legislature’s sign-off to be repealed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of repealed

Verb

If the league and union can’t agree on a new contract by some time in March, some regular-season games likely would be canceled.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
South Korean officials said this week that a second exercise, for amphibious landings scheduled for September, was canceled in June.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

According to The Sacramento Bee, California Highway Patrol said the crew member was driving a semi-truck that veered off the interstate highway and overturned.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
At least one person died Thursday morning after a big rig overturned on Interstate 5 south of Zamora in Yolo County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026