Definition of Strike down

1. Verb. Declare null and void; make ineffective. "Strike down a law"

Exact synonyms: Cancel
Specialized synonyms: Annul, Countermand, Lift, Overturn, Repeal, Rescind, Reverse, Revoke, Vacate, Remit, Write Off, Annul, Avoid, Invalidate, Nullify, Quash, Void, Recall
Generic synonyms: Adjudge, Declare, Hold
Derivative terms: Cancel, Cancellation, Cancellation

2. Verb. Cause to die, especially suddenly. "The disease struck down many young men in the village"
Generic synonyms: Kill

3. Verb. Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. "They strike down the trees"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
Exact synonyms: Cut Down, Drop, Fell
Specialized synonyms: Chop Down, Poleax, Poleaxe, Log, Lumber, Cut
Generic synonyms: Cut
Causes: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Derivative terms: Fell, Feller

Definition of Strike down

1. Verb. to cause to suddenly die ¹

2. Verb. to knock down ¹

3. Verb. to invalidate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strike Down

strigose
strigous
strigs
strike
strike-breaking
strike-slip fault
strike a balance
strike a blow
strike a chord
strike a nerve
strike a note
strike back
strike bowler
strike bowlers
strike breaking
strike down
strike dumb
strike force
strike gold
strike hard
strike home
strike it lucky
strike leader
strike lucky
strike me pink
strike off
strike out
strike partner
strike partners
strike pay

Literary usage of Strike down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"... of the working men of the State, to strike down industrial and especially skilled labor in the State prisons, through the action of the Legislature. ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"ficulty of getting it, and cheapen commodities to buy it. We feel this most sensibly now. We strike down silver, and in doing so increase the value of gold. ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"From this source we must probably, with Jamieson, explain IAS founder, to fell, strike down, give such a blow as to stupefy one, and also the sense of ..."

4. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"STAMP, vs To strike down firmly with -ER. the foot, to impress or mark ; to nuke -INO. or fix a mark, sign or impression; to press, force or beat ..."

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