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 congressional map was struck down for this election cycle after a lengthy court battle. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 4 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 It’s been more than eight years since the Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling that struck down a federal law that prohibited states from allowing gambling on sports. — David K. Li, NBC news, 29 Oct. 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 Diversity programs requiring applicants to come from certain racial or ethnic groups have long been on legally tenuous ground, but the nail in the coffin came in 2023 when the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions in colleges. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 27 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 The Supreme Court struck down his efforts to restrict mail voting. — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

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Both Weir and Khan have expressed their wishes for the reinstatement of tax-free shopping (abolished in 2021) for overseas visitors — a proposal that was met with cheers at the BFC’s fashion week breakfast this year.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Daylight saving time was repealed after World War I and then brought back in World War II in 1942, only to be abolished again three years later.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of abolished

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However, some of the ballot language in Measure G unintentionally repealed Measure J — an administrative error that was discovered in June 2025.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
The vaccine requirements are an agency rule, not in state law, and can be repealed by the agency itself without legislative approval.

— News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of repealed

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What's more, plans for giving Americans better access to libraries were rolled back in 2025.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
In the last two years, dozens of colleges and universities have rolled back or eliminated such offerings to avoid accusations of racial discrimination that have led to loss of research funding and other sanctions.

— Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rolled back

Verb

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the restriction on Friday after multiple appeals from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, allowing the country’s men’s and women’s teams to compete in the 2027 championships.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Across the country, people voted in the midterm elections to significantly expand who holds power in America, all over a single night in which decades of political precedent were overturned.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026