Synonyms of striking down

striking down

verb

present participle of strike down

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action

a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishing
• repealing
• cancelling
• canceling
• rolling back
• setting aside
• doing away with
• avoiding
• overturning
• voiding
• vacating
• invalidating
• nullifying
• rescinding
• quashing
• negating
• dismissing
• dissolving
• annulling
• abrogating
• suspending
• revoking
• withdrawing
• abating
• calling off
• nulling
• reversing
• disannulling
• retracting
• vetoing
• rejecting
• removing
• overriding
• eliminating
• forbidding
• writing off
• overruling
• recalling
• prohibiting
• breaking down
• throwing out
• banning
• aborting
• outlawing
• erasing
• enjoining
• countermanding
• calling
• disallowing
• eradicating
• dropping
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laying down
• establishing
• enacting
• founding
• instituting
• passing
• validating
• legislating
• authorizing
• permitting
• allowing
• approving
• ratifying
• clearing
• endorsing
• ordering
• prescribing
• legalizing
• warranting
• legitimizing
• commanding
• legitimating
• mandating
• formalizing
• sanctioning
• indorsing
• decreeing