Wiktionary
vb. 1 to cause to suddenly die 2 to knock down 3 to invalidate
WordNet
v. declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" [syn: cancel]
cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village"
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell, drop, cut down]
Usage examples of "strike down".
Straining muscles and a sudden move which sent the instructor cold mask first into a crusted drift to come up with hate in his eyes and hands dealing blows which, if landed, would have maimed, and Lex dancing, always just out of reach, until, in self-defense, he had to level the man to stand over him, chest heaving, as a silence hung over the parade ground and trainees stood fearfully at attention waiting for a lightning bolt to strike down the man who had dared best an instructor.
May she create disorder and sedition for him, strike down his warriors, that the earth may drink their blood, and throw down the piles of corpses of his warriors on the field.
And what good will it do you to strike down those poor animals when they can be of no use to you?
Seeing the wrong emotion flee before the hand of the parent, the child is emboldened to strike down the wrong emotion himself, and takes the first step towards becoming master in his own house.
All were armed and stood in readiness to strike down the intruders into their hiding-place.
That's what makes it `evil,' just as a sword used to strike down the helpless is `evil.
The animated boulders leaped and rolled with a life of their own, even turning from their paths to strike down undead to the sides.