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}]