Meaning of strike down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
2. To knock down.
3. To prostrate by illness.
4. To invalidate (a law, statute etc.)

Equivalents

Examples

“God will strike⟳ you down!”

“May the Lord strike⟳ down those sinners!”

“Darth Vader: Your powers are weak old man. Obi-Wan Kenobi: You can't win⟳, Darth. If you strike⟳ me down, I shall become⟳ more powerful than you can possibly imagine⟳.”

“And I will strike⟳ 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.”

“Throughout the country there were: rupture of telecommunications, resulting amongst other things from telegraph wires and posts overweighted by snow⟳ or struck down by gales; [...].”

“He was perched up top attending to the roof lantern when he was stuck down (literally) by a storm of "preposterous fury" (Bizarre Berkshire, D. Mackay 2011).”

“Later, in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriages remaining in 16 states, all in the old Confederacy and border⟳ states.”

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