单词	striking down
释义	strike down verb struck down; struck down also stricken down; striking down; strikes down transitive verb : annul, nullify the board struck down the appointment especially : to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable the Supreme Court struck down the law Synonyms abate abolish abrogate annul avoid cancel disannul dissolve invalidate negate null nullify quash repeal rescind roll back vacate void See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional Word History First Known Use 1779, in the meaning defined above Legal Definition strike down transitive verb : annul, nullify the trustee…can strike down transfers J. J. White and R. S. Summers especially : to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable the court struck down death penalty provisions L. H. Tribe striking down verb present participle of strike down as in abolishing to put an end to by formal action a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance abolishing repealing rolling back canceling setting aside cancelling avoiding overturning voiding doing away with vacating invalidating nullifying nulling negating rescinding quashing dissolving dismissing annulling calling off abrogating suspending withdrawing revoking abating disannulling reversing writing off retracting vetoing breaking down overriding rejecting removing throwing out eliminating forbidding overruling recalling prohibiting banning aborting outlawing erasing enjoining countermanding calling disallowing dropping eradicating annihilating liquidating Antonyms & Near Antonyms laying down establishing enacting founding instituting passing validating legislating authorizing permitting allowing approving ratifying clearing endorsing ordering prescribing legalizing warranting legitimizing commanding legitimating mandating formalizing sanctioning indorsing decreeing See More
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