strike down

English Thesaurus

1. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	cut,
definition	:	separate with or as if with an instrument (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	chop down,
definition	:	cut down (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	poleax, poleaxe,
definition	:	fell with or as if with a poleax (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	log, lumber,
definition	:	cut lumber, as in woods and forests (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	cut,
definition	:	fell by sawing; hew (verb.contact)

cause	:	come down, descend, fall, go down,
definition	:	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (verb.motion)

2. cause to die, especially suddenly (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	kill,
definition	:	deprive of life (verb.contact)

3. declare null and void; make ineffective (verb.social)

hypernym	:	adjudge, declare, hold,
definition	:	declare to be (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate,
definition	:	cancel officially (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	remit,
definition	:	release from (claims, debts, or taxes) (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	write off,
definition	:	cancel (a debt) (verb.social)

hyponym	:	annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void,
definition	:	declare invalid (verb.social)

hyponym	:	recall,
definition	:	make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution (verb.social)

4. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)

derivation	:	fell,
definition	:	the act of felling something (as a tree) (noun.act)

derivation	:	faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman,
definition	:	a person who fells trees (noun.person)

5. declare null and void; make ineffective (verb.social)

derivation	:	cancellation,
definition	:	the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement (noun.act)

derivation	:	cancel, natural,
definition	:	a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat (noun.communication)

derivation	:	cancellation,
definition	:	the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void (noun.communication)

6. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb.contact)

derivation	:	fell,
definition	:	the act of felling something (as a tree) (noun.act)

derivation	:	faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman,
definition	:	a person who fells trees (noun.person)

7. declare null and void; make ineffective (verb.social)

derivation	:	cancellation,
definition	:	the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement (noun.act)

derivation	:	cancel, natural,
definition	:	a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat (noun.communication)

derivation	:	cancellation,
definition	:	the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void (noun.communication)