if a judge or court strikes down a law, they officially end it
to hit someone with enough force to make them fall down
to make someone die or become so ill that they can no longer live a normal life
As a tiny baby she was struck down by polio.
He muttered a prayer to the Overlord, asking his god to strike down the men enjoying the hot soup with dysentery.
If Fadawah's got any brains, it's packed to the limit with enough men to strike down the mountain and ruin any attack up the coast.
To strike down a defenceless old lady, even if done in a moment of panic - there could be no mercy for such an act.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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