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Strike down Common

Strike down has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

declare null and void; make ineffective

"Cancel the election results"

"strike down a law"

2

cause to die, especially suddenly

"The disease struck down many young men in the village"

3

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

"strike down a tree"

"Lightning struck down the hikers"

4

to kill someone or something; to cause to die suddenly

Example Sentences
"Cancel the election results" verb
"strike down a law" verb
"The disease struck down many young men in the village" verb
"strike down a tree" verb
"Lightning struck down the hikers" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
declare kill cut
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
revoke remit write off invalidate recall chop down poleax log cut
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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