Meaning of STRIKE DOWN

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[v]  cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [v]  cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village" [v]  declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
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	Synonyms:		cancel, cut down, drop, fell
	See Also:		adjudge, annul, avoid, chop down, come down, countermand, cut, declare, descend, fall, go down, hold, invalidate, kill, lift, log, lumber, nullify, overturn, poleax, poleaxe, quash, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate, void, write off