strike 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
   • 1994, Pulp Fiction

     And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

2. to knock down
3. to prostrate by illness
4. to invalidate

• downstrike