strike sth down
US specialized— phrasal verb with strike uk/straɪk/us/straɪk/verb struck, struck
to rule that a law is illegal and should not be obeyed:
The courts struck down local segregation laws because they violated the federal constitution.
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- jurisprudence
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legitimate
- passage
- prohibition
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rider
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