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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 | ||
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