Verb
strike down -
cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village"
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
strike down -
declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results" ; "strike down a law"
cancel
adjudge ,
declare ,
hold state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
countermand ,
repeal ,
rescind ,
annul ,
revoke ,
vacate ,
reverse ,
overturn ,
lift cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking" ; "lift an embargo" ; "vacate a death sentence"
remit diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
write off concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"
annul ,
quash ,
nullify ,
invalidate ,
void ,
avoid take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"
recall cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
strike down -
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree" ; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
fell ,
drop ,
cut down
descend ,
come down ,
go down ,
fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down" ; "The barometer is falling" ; "The curtain fell on the diva" ; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
chop down cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"
poleax ,
poleaxe fell with or as if with a poleax
log ,
lumber enter into a log, as on ships and planes
cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
