| VERB | social | strike down, cancel | declare null and void |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | strike down | cause to die, especially suddenly | |
| contact | strike down, fell, drop, cut down | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow |
| Meaning | declare null and void; make ineffective. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "strike down a law" | |
| Synonym | cancel | |
| Narrower | invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify | declare invalid / invalid |
| recall | make unavailable | |
| remit | Release from (claims / claims, debts, or taxes) | |
| revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | Cancel officially | |
| write off | cancel (a debt) | |
| Broader | declare, adjudge, hold | declare to be |
| Spanish | anular, cancelar, derogar | |
| Catalan | cancel·lar | |
| Meaning | Cause to die, especially suddenly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | kill | deprive of life |
| Meaning | Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They strike down the trees | |
| Example | "strike down a tree" | |
| Synonyms | fell, drop, cut down | |
| Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Entailed by | undercut | cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall |
| Narrower | chop down | cut down |
| cut | fell by sawing | |
| log, lumber | cut lumber, as in woods and forests / forests | |
| poleax, poleaxe | fell with or as if with a poleax / poleax | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| See also | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Spanish | derribar, talar | |
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