Synonyms for strike down

Synonyms for (verb) strike down

Synonyms: cut down, drop, strike down, fell

Definition: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Usage: strike down a tree; Lightning struck down the hikers

Similar words: cut

Definition: separate with or as if with an instrument

Usage: Cut the rope


Synonyms: strike down

Definition: cause to die, especially suddenly

Usage: The disease struck down many young men in the village

Similar words: kill

Definition: deprive of life

Usage: AIDS has killed thousands in Africa


Synonyms: strike down, cancel

Definition: declare null and void; make ineffective

Usage: Cancel the election results; strike down a law

Similar words: hold, declare, adjudge

Definition: declare to be

Usage: She was declared incompetent; judge held that the defendant was innocent


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