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 ban was later struck down by the country’s Constitutional Court, however. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 Sally and Gillian come from a long line of witches and have lived in a resplendent Massachusetts home with their aunts Frances (Stockard Channing) and Jet (Dianne Wiest) ever since a curse struck down their father and led to their mother’s suicide. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 The current attorney general refused to appeal a court decision that struck down a 1987 state law prohibiting citizens from openly carrying firearms in public. — José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 After Texas held its 1996 primaries, a federal court struck down several congressional districts. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026 More than $100 billion has been refunded due to a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that struck down many of the administration's tariffs. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 That was more than half of the $166 billion owed to thousands of American businesses who paid the tariffs that were later struck down by the Supreme Court. — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 The Supreme Court recently struck down part of the Voting Rights Act, unleashing a wave of redistricting battles that threaten to eliminate Black-majority congressional districts particularly in the Southern states. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 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

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In 2017, Alabama abolished judicial override and stopped allowing judges to change juries' sentencing decision in capital cases.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
The practice − called judicial override − was abolished in Alabama in 2017 but the move did not apply to old cases.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of abolished

Verb

At the same time, the agency repealed rules that regulate climate pollution from vehicles, which had been passed under the Biden administration to shift the industry toward hybrid and electric cars and trucks.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of repealed

Verb

Netflix has canceled its drama series Sweet Magnolias after five seasons, but its showrunner and one of its lead actresses are also involved in a new show at the streamer.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
The romantic drama starring JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott and Heather Headley has been canceled at Netflix after five seasons.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

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

If the review yields conclusive evidence that the original call was wrong, it gets overturned — and the coach retains the ability to challenge a second play later in the game.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The tanker overturned and began leaking fuel onto the freeway.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026