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strike down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cancel, strike downverb

    declare null and void; make ineffective

    "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

  2. strike downverb

    cause to die, especially suddenly

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

  3. fell, drop, strike down, cut downverb

    cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

    "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

Wiktionary

  1. strike downverb

    to cause to suddenly die

  2. strike downverb

    to knock down

  3. strike downverb

    to invalidate

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  1. strike down

    To strike down means to abolish, invalidate, or make ineffective, usually in a legal context. This term is most commonly used when a law, ruling, or regulation is declared invalid or unconstitutional by a higher authority, such as a court. It could also mean physically knocking someone or something down.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of strike down in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of strike down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of strike down in a Sentence

  1. Michael Li:

    State courts have proven to be surprisingly fertile territory for this, courts in both Republican states and Democratic states have been willing to strike down maps from the party in charge.

  2. Fox News:

    To have this far-right extremist, racist, classist, bigoted Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade, and for them to make the decision when the majority of the people of this country have said that they don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned for various reasons.

  3. Jeff Merkley:

    The court is laying out a doctrine which they can employ to strike down whatever regulations they want.

  4. Colin Bonini:

    I think it was clear that it was unconstitutional, i’m disappointed that the court also didn’t strike down same-day registration.

  5. Ken Paxton:

    Biden's repeated disregard of the individual liberties of Texans is not only disrespectful to the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Constitution, it is also troublesome that any president thinks they can act above the law while hardworking Americans standby, president Biden can not continue governing through executive edicts. Now is the time to strike down President Biden administration's air-travel mask mandate.


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