"strike down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-strike down.wav Forms: strikes down [present, singular, third-person], striking down [participle, present], struck down [past], struck down [participle, past], stricken down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> down|past_ptc2=stricken down}} strike down (third-person singular simple present strikes down, present participle striking down, simple past struck down, past participle struck down or stricken down)
  1. To kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
    Sense id: en-strike_down-en-verb-~fYxFhFL
  2. To knock down. Related terms: strike out, strike through
    Sense id: en-strike_down-en-verb-X1kZrtO8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 68 14 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 11 71 11 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 60 14 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 62 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 75 9 7
  3. To prostrate by illness. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-strike_down-en-verb-b8RRoA49 Disambiguation of Death: 0 7 93 0
  4. (law) To invalidate (a law, statute etc.) Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-strike_down-en-verb-zRzP6UUX Topics: law

Inflected forms

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          "text": "May the Lord strike down those sinners!",
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          "ref": "1977, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope:",
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          "ref": "1994, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction:",
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