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cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Lightning struck down the hikers
strike down a tree -
declare null and void; make ineffective
strike down a law
Cancel the election results -
cause to die, especially suddenly
The disease struck down many young men in the village
How To Use strike down In A Sentence
- But McCain "reconfirmed" to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman if a federal court were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage. 03/29/2006
- Now, by St. Barbacue of Limoges," said Bertrand de Gourdon, "the butcher will never strike down yonder lambling! Burlesques
- This so-called economic substance doctrine has been used by the federal courts for a half-century to strike down complex and creative instances of self-dealing - such as intracompany stock transfers intended to generate tax-reducing losses - that have no business purpose beyond avoiding the taxman. Top Stories from CQ
- And the judiciary is given the power to strike down legislation, invalidate legislation that it considers is inconsistent with those rights.
- But not really, for at the same time Judge Tauro also claimed that the Equal Protection Clause, which in 1967 was used to strike down state antimiscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia, invalidated any state ban on same-sex marriage. Judicial Offensive Against Defense Of Marriage Act
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- The main techniques are raise, push, poke, uppercut and strike down.
- While the Supremacy Clause issue will be influenced by the United States' Supreme Court case this term concerning Arizona's now infamous SB-1070 law space constraint require me to address this matter on another day, the Equal Protection argument will probably lead the federal court to strike down the Florida policies in question. Ediberto Roman: Misguided Thinking, or Perhaps Just More Hate: Florida's Policies of Denying the Right to Education to its U.S. Citizens...
- There will be one high priest, his assistant, one jamadar as chief Strangler, with orders to strike down any chanter who raises his eyes from the floor. Dreams of Steel
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