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 Montana stopped collecting vaccine and exemption data after 2019, first because of Covid and thereafter because of the passage of a state bill (HB 334) in 2021 that struck down the mandate for the state to collect data on immunizations. — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026 The trio argued that the law was unconstitutional and should be struck down. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026 In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the ban, permitting states to decide for themselves. — New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026 Just in June, the justices struck down limits on political parties' spending in coordination with candidates. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 Amid outrage from residents, the village council in Perry had already struck down the Province Group’s initial request for a tax abatement in July, putting the project in limbo. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 5 Nov. 2026 Earlier in the month, a federal judge struck down the Justice Department's policy for reviewing state voter rolls against its own immigration databases. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 And given this wealth tax's novelty — and the Supreme Court's conservative majority — there's a real risk that at least part of Prop 40 could be struck down. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026 For a time the sea stars did double duty controlling the urchins, but in recent years they have been struck down by an uncontrollable plague, worsened by the state’s warming waters, called, quite literally, sea star wasting disease. — Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for struck down

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Eventually, Katniss is pardoned, and the Games are abolished.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026
In 2016, voters rejected Proposition 62, which would have abolished the death penalty, and did the same back in 2012 with Proposition 34.

— Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of abolished

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At the same time, federal agencies have rolled back numerous anti-climate change measures in moves that critics say leave the country more vulnerable to warming and emissions.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
Prices that went up after the tariffs are not going to suddenly come down because the levies were rolled back.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of rolled back

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Iran’s Supreme Court twice overturned his death sentence before a Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death again in September 2024.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Randall's convictions were overturned as a result, and he was released from prison in 2023.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026