chop down vs strike down

chop down and strike down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chop down	No	No	Yes	No
strike down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, strike down is a hypernym of chop down; that is, strike down is a word with a broader meaning than chop down:

Other hypernyms of chop down include cut down, drop, fell.

chop down (verb)	strike down (verb)
cut down	cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
	cause to die, especially suddenly
	declare null and void; make ineffective