Search Result for "strike down":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. declare null and void; make ineffective;
- Example: "Cancel the election results"
- Example: "strike down a law"
[syn: cancel, strike down]

2. cause to die, especially suddenly;
- Example: "The disease struck down many young men in the village"

3. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;
- Example: "strike down a tree"
- Example: "Lightning struck down the hikers"
[syn: fell, drop, strike down, cut down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strike down
    v 1: declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the
         election results"; "strike down a law" [syn: cancel,
         strike down]
    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" [syn: fell,
       drop, strike down, cut down]