strike down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
declare null and void; make ineffective
Cancel the election results
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cancellation derivation
- cancel derivation
- cancellation derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to die, especially suddenly
The disease struck down many young men in the village
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
strike down a tree
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- come down causes
- fell derivation
- lumberjack derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancellation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancellation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjudge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repeal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | write off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | void |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recall |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | come down |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lumberjack |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chop down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poleax |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lumber |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |