strike down

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strike down - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]