"strike down" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Declare null and void;
Make ineffective (synset 202482757)
"Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

is a type of: adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be
subtypes:
- annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate - cancel officially
- remit - release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
- write off - cancel (a debt)
- annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void - declare invalid
- recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
same as: cancel
Cause to die, especially suddenly (synset 201328616)
"The disease struck down many young men in the village"

is a type of: kill - deprive of life
Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (synset 201260866)
"strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

causes: come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
subtypes:
- chop down - cut down
- poleax, poleaxe - fell with or as if with a poleax
- log, lumber - cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- cut - fell by sawing; hew
same as: cut down, drop, fell