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Synonyms
Examples of strike down in a Sentence
a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
Recent Examples on the Web
According to the Durango Herald, the bill would re-issue a Trump-era rule that removed wolves in the Lower 48 from the endangered list before it was struck down by a federal judge in Oakland, California in 2022.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 May 2024
Civil rights advocates, parents, and students had been pointing out the problem for years, including City College’s own Kenneth Clark, a sociologist whose research had been crucial to the Supreme Court’s Brown decision striking down school segregation in 1954.
—TIME, 9 May 2024
The Missouri Supreme Court struck down an effort to do it through the state budget in February — the second time the court did so in four years.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
The law, which was House Bill 900, was struck down in January by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024
TikTok legal fight likely headed for Supreme Court Previous efforts to restrict TikTok in the U.S. have been struck down by the courts.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Narrowly passed in 2016, Proposition 66 sought to speed up executions with a mandatory five-year deadline for appeals — although the state’s high court later essentially struck down the time-limit portion.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
Those students now demanding divestment from Israel and its genocide (and others of us California citizens) should demand our legislators strike down AB 2844.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Instead, the ban, which was ruled last month to be enforceable by the Arizona Supreme Court in light of the U.S. Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade in 2022, cannot be struck down by the new repeal law until 90 days after the Arizona Legislature adjourns its session by the end of June.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 2 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1779, in the meaning defined above
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“Strike down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20down. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
strike down
verb
: to make null and void : annul
struck down the proposal
especially
: to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable
the court struck down the law
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