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STRIKE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Example:
Lightning struck down the hikers
Synonyms:
cut down; drop; fell; strike down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "strike down" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Cause:
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strike down"):
chop down (cut down)
poleax; poleaxe (fell with or as if with a poleax)
log; lumber (cut lumber, as in woods and forests)
cut (fell by sawing; hew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They strike down the trees
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to die, especially suddenly
Example:
The disease struck down many young men in the village
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "strike down" is one way to...):
kill (deprive of life)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Declare null and void; make ineffective
Example:
strike down a law
Synonyms:
cancel; strike down
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "strike down" is one way to...):
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strike down"):
annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate (cancel officially)
remit (release from (claims, debts, or taxes))
write off (cancel (a debt))
annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void (declare invalid)
recall (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
