strike
strike
straÉĒk
straik
/stɚˈa‌ÉĒk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "strike"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to hit using hands or weapons
Transitive: to strike sb/sth with sth
to strike definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In self-defense, she struck the assailant with a swift kick to the abdomen.
āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to launch a planned and forceful attack against an enemy or target
Transitive: to strike an enemy target
to strike definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to strike key targets to weaken the opponent ’s defenses.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϤ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāϰāϤāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop working as a sign of protest against some work issues, such as low wages, poor working conditions, etc.
Intransitive
to strike definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers decided to strike for better pay and benefits.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻ“ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deeply influence or cause someone to experience a powerful mental or emotional reaction
Transitive: to strike sb with an emotion or impression
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tragic scene in the movie struck the audience with profound sadness.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to come into contact with something in a forceful manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The arrow struck, finding its mark in the target.
āϤ⧀āϰāϟāĻŋ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to announce or indicate the time by producing a chime or stroke
Transitive: to strike a specific time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As we sat in the church, the bells struck the hour.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to happen abruptly and cause harm, damage, or suffering
Transitive: to strike people or places
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A severe drought struck the region, ruining the crops.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻ–āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻĢāϏāϞ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause an electric arc to form between the electrodes of an arc lamp
Transitive: to strike an electric arc
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the power was turned on, the electrician struck the arc lamp, lighting up the entire room.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇, āχāϞ⧇āĻ•āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āφāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to play a musical instrument by hitting it, typically with the hand or a stick
Transitive: to strike a musical instrument
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She struck the strings of the guitar with her fingertips, producing a melodic riff.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻ—āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇āϞāĻž āϰāĻŋāĻĢ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to achieve or attain something, often through effort or action
Transitive: to strike an achievement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team struck victory after a tense and exhausting match.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of light) to fall upon or hit an object or surface
Transitive: to strike a surface or object
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A beam of light struck the surface of the lake, creating a shimmering effect.
āφāϞ⧋āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŽāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to cancel, eliminate, or mark for deletion, often by drawing a line through the text or item
Transitive: to strike a part of a text
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The editor decided to strike several paragraphs from the manuscript.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϘāώāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a fire or spark while two surfaces are rubbed against each other
Transitive: to strike a combustible object | to strike a combustible object against sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They struck flint against steel to start a campfire.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĢā§āϞāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻ⧈āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to find or encounter something unexpectedly or by chance
Transitive: to strike sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The explorers struck a rich vein of gold deep in the mountains.
āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ⧇ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to successfully reach, achieve, or establish something that requires agreement or compromise
Transitive: to strike an agreement or compromise
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They managed to strike a balance between work and personal life.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϭ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a sudden or forceful entry into or through something
Intransitive: to strike into sth | to strike through sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The arrow struck deep into the target, piercing its center.
āϤ⧀āϰāϟāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to smooth or shape a surface, such as a mold or material, using a tool
Transitive: to strike a malleable material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He carefully struck the surface of the concrete mold to ensure it was even.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ›āĻžāρāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϟāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce a coin or medal by pressing a design onto metal using a die
Transitive: to strike a medal or coin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist ’s design was carefully engraved onto the die used to strike the medal.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻŽā§‡āĻĄā§‡āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to dismantle or take down a tent or a group of tents from an encampment
Transitive: to strike tents or a camp
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers were ordered to strike camp and move out by dawn.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­ā§‹āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ›āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to hit something accidentally, usually with part of one's body
Transitive: to strike a body part against sth | to strike a body part on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She struck her head on the shelf as she stood up.
āϏ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧇āϞāĻĢ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take on or assume a particular role, attitude, appearance, or quality
Transitive: to strike an attitude or appearance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team struck a defensive formation as soon as the game started.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to suddenly experience a specific emotion.
Transitive: to strike an emotion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The haunting image struck sorrow deep within me.
āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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a collective refusal to work by employees to protest conditions, pay, or policies

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an attack intended to damage, seize, or destroy a target

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cybersecurity teams prevented a strike on the network.
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(in bowling) a perfect score in tenpins, achieved by knocking down all ten pins with the first ball

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a notable success

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āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ•, āφāϘāĻžāϤ

(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the umpire calls within the strike zone
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The count is now 0-2 after two consecutive strikes.
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a gentle or light blow

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A strike of the hammer tapped the nail into place.

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