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 Calls to 911 released Monday in the aftermath of last week’s lightning deaths in Margate revealed a neighborhood in panic as a mother and child were struck down and bolts of electricity flashed through the sky. — David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 In horizontal-review mode, the Court has struck down laws limiting slavery and child labor, establishing income taxes and minimum wages, and restricting corporations from tilting elections or firing workers for union activity. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday struck down one of those holds. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Clarke's comments referenced the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in April, where the conservative majority struck down Louisiana's congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, dealing a blow to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Two years later, the Storting, the supreme legislature of Norway, struck down the article on coronation in the Constitution. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for struck down

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Norway does not have a coronation for the monarch, as the ceremonies were abolished by parliament in 1908.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of abolished

Verb

None of those leaps repealed the trade-off between cost, weight and strength, but each one moved the curve, leading to today when a rider can buy a combination of light and strong that no amount of money could have purchased a generation ago.

— Colby Proffitt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
By contrast, Congress repealed federal restrictions and taxes on brewing beer for personal use in 1978.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of repealed

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The district voluntarily rolled back its levy rate in 2023 when property tax bills spiked countywide during the troubled 2023 property tax assessment cycle.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Many corporations and college campuses rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of rolled back

Verb

But the Mississippi Circuit Court’s decision in the 1924 case was soon overturned.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2026
The White House also overturned California’s electric vehicle sales target, which would have required automakers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission vehicles over the next decade.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026