1. Declare null and void; make ineffective
   "strike down a law"
   - cancel 
2. Cause to die, especially suddenly
   "The disease struck down many young men in the village" 
3. Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
   "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
   - fell, drop, cut down

Derived forms: strikes down, struck down, striking down

See also: strike

Type of: adjudge, cut, declare, hold, kill

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