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 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 Those levies ramped up an effort to reconstruct far-reaching duties struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year. — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 18 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 Last month, a federal appeals court struck down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act as applied to colleges and universities. — David Wippman, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, a federal judge struck down charges that might have brought the death penalty. — Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 In a 2007 case, Roberts, writing for the majority, struck down a Seattle school district’s program of assigning pupils to classrooms with a goal of racial diversity. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 But the Supreme Court on June 30 struck down that order, saying it couldn’t be reconciled with the 14th Amendment. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for struck down

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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
In 2015, China also complied with the World Trade Organization ruling against China’s rare-earth export restrictions and abolished its export quota system.

— GLORIA XIONG, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of abolished

Verb

If the rule is repealed as proposed, those prohibitions will go away.

— Dan Peck, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
However, the laws were ultimately repealed after being met with massive agitations from farmers and farmer unions, especially from Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of repealed

Verb

The franchise was canceled after a 2006 Texas operation in which Rockwall County assistant district attorney Louis Conradt died by suicide as authorities and the show’s crew closed in on his home.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
The 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2025 festival was canceled after a day due to a storm.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

At the same time, some other large businesses — including Target and Walmart — rolled back their DEI efforts.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram have rolled back platform-level fact-checking in the United States, X has moved away from traditional fact-checking, and YouTube has loosened its misinformation policies.

— Avi Tuschman, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rolled back

Verb

But that ruling was appealed and overturned during arbitration this week, with Bogan taking home nothing, court records show.

— Amber Gaudet Updated August 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
For now, Arion has not filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in hopes of having that suspension overturned.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026