English verb: strike down | |||
1. | strike down (social) declare null and void; make ineffective | ||
Samples | Cancel the election results. Strike down a law. | ||
Synonyms | cancel | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjudge, declare, hold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | annul, annul, avoid, countermand, invalidate, lift, nullify, overturn, quash, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate, void, write off | ||
2. | strike down (contact) cause to die, especially suddenly | ||
Samples | The disease struck down many young men in the village. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
3. | strike down (contact) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | ||
Samples | Strike down a tree. Lightning struck down the hikers. | ||
Examples | They strike down the trees | ||
Synonyms | cut down, drop, fell | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chop down, cut, log, lumber, poleax, poleaxe | ||
Cause | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||