what does strike down mean?
STRIKE DOWN as VERB
- Meaning
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
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- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers
Hypernyms(s) strike down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- cause to die, especially suddenly
Usage Example(s)
- The disease struck down many young men in the village
Hypernyms(s) strike down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- declare null and void
- make ineffective
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- Cancel the election results
- strike down a law
Hypernyms(s) strike down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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