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 agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 In June, justices struck down protections against firing Federal Trade Commission commissioners without cause, expanding presidential control over independent agencies. — Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 In 1985, soon after arriving in the country, Leo was struck down with Typhoid fever. — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 But, not long afterward, lawmakers in Florida approved a new map aimed at flipping four seats to Republicans, and in early May Virginia’s top court struck down the redraw there, on procedural grounds. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 If Klapper cannot remove those provisions independently, the suit said, then the entire legislation could be struck down. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 The court struck down procedural barriers that prevented some people from seeking asylum, including those who entered South Africa irregularly, lacked asylum transit visas or missed reporting deadlines, the committee said. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 One of the latest polls shows the ballot measure passing by 3 points, but a prior survey shows it getting struck down by as much as 13 points. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026 The Supreme Court struck down the tariffs in February of this year, and no checks were ever issued. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for struck down

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Turkey abolished the Rumi calendar, which was pinned to the year 1341, and instantly woke up in the Western Gregorian year of 1926.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Even if the position is abolished, the person elected this November would serve in the office through the end of 2027.

— Isaac Yu, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of abolished

Verb

The Greenwich Sentinel reported that at a recent forum, Democrat Jill Oberlander, candidate for the town’s 36th Senate District seat, said that the law should be amended or repealed, and stressed her support for community zoning authority.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
It was deemed Biden’s signature climate law, providing hundreds of billions of dollars for tax credits and programs to bolster the clean energy sector (much of that funding was repealed by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act).

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of repealed

Verb

However, Bass later rolled back the directive in some areas, including single-family parcels, historic districts and very high fire severity zones.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
This law rolled back a 2019 law that had decriminalized small amounts of drugs.

— Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of rolled back

Verb

The Florida Supreme Court later overturned the conviction due to a conflict of interest with the prosecutor and ordered a new trial.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
American norms about politics, science, education and law are being overturned, and artificial intelligence threatens further disruption.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026