strike

1. verb

1)

the teacher struck Mary

Syn:

hit, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, punch, cuff; cane, lash, whip, club; informal clout, schmuck, wallop, belt, whack, thwack, bash, clobber, bop, cold-cock; literary smite

2)

he struck the gong

Syn:

bang, beat, hit; informal bash, wallop

3)

the car struck a tree

Syn:

crash into, collide with, hit, run into, bump into, smash into, impact

4)

Jennifer struck the ball

Syn:

hit, drive, propel; informal clout, wallop, swipe

5)

he struck a match

Syn:

ignite, light

6)

she was asleep when the killer struck

Syn:

attack, set upon someone, fall on someone, assault someone

7)

the disease is striking 3,000 people a year

Syn:

affect, afflict, attack, hit

8)

striking a balance

Syn:

achieve, reach, arrive at, find, attain, establish

9)

we have struck a bargain

Syn:

agree (on), come to an agreement on, settle on; informal clinch

10)

he struck a heroic pose

Syn:

assume, adopt, take on/up, affect, cop

11)

they have struck oil

Syn:

discover, find, come upon, hit

12)

a thought struck her

Syn:

occur to, come to (mind), dawn on one, hit, spring to mind, enter one's head

13)

you strike me as intelligent

Syn:

seem to, appear to, come across to, give the impression to

14)

drivers are striking

Syn:

take industrial action, go on strike, down tools, walk out, hit the bricks

15)

the commodore struck his flag

Syn:

lower, take down, bring down

16)

we should strike south

Syn:

go, make one's way, head, forge

2. noun

1)

a 48-hour strike

Syn:

industrial action, walkout, job action, stoppage

2)

a military strike

Syn:

(air) attack, assault, bombing, raid

3)

a gold strike

Syn:

find, discovery

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- strike out

- strike up