strikedown (third-person singular simple presentstrikes down,present participlestriking down,simple paststruck down,past participlestruck downor(rare or archaic)stricken down)
- Tokill (someone or something); to cause todie suddenly.
- God willstrike youdown!
- May the Lordstrike down those sinners!
1994,Quentin Tarantino,Pulp Fiction:And I willstrike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
- Toknock down.
1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, inModern Railways, page158:Throughout the country there were: rupture of telecommunications, resulting amongst other things from telegraph wires and posts overweighted by snow orstruck down by gales; [...].
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Reading (1840)”, inRAIL, number947, page56:He was perched up top attending to the roof lantern when he wasstuck down (literally) by a storm of "preposterous fury" (Bizarre Berkshire, D. Mackay 2011).
- Toprostrate byillness.
- (law) Toinvalidate (alaw,statute etc.)
- Antonym:uphold
2004 October 29, Peter Wong, “Interracial-marriage ban used in Measure 36 comparisons”, inStatesman Journal, volume152, number214, Salem, OR, page 2A:Later, in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Courtstruck down bans on interracial marriages remaining in 16 states, all in the old Confederacy and border states.
(law) To invalidate (a law, statute etc.)
