strike on/upon
phrasal verb
struck on/upon; struck on/upon also stricken on/upon; striking on/upon
: to find or discover (something) especially suddenly
He struck on an idea for his novel.
They struck upon a salt mine.
Examples of strike on/upon in a Sentence
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Any missile or drone strike on Iranian soil, no matter the target, would be a significant move for Israel.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
The attack by Tehran was in retaliation for an Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound this month in Syria.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
The officials described the following options, and their downsides, from which the Israeli leaders are choosing a response:
Conduct an aggressive strike on an Iranian target, such as an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps base, in a country other than Iran like Syria.
—Russell Goldman, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Ciscomani and Crane arrived in Israel two days after seven aid workers for World Central Kitchen, the aid organization founded by famous U.S. Chef José Andres, were killed in an Israel Defense Force strike on their convoy in Gaza.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
But after Israel’s strike on Iran’s embassy in Damascus on April 1, an attack that killed several senior members of the IRGC, that restraint may loosen.
—Mina Al-Oraibi, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2024
Biden was asked Friday how imminent a potential attack on Israel is from Tehran following an Israeli strike on Iran's Damascus consulate in Syria.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024
Related article Ukraine claims major drone strike on Russian airfield, killing servicemen and destroying aircraft
Ukraine has responded with a rapid expansion of its own arms industry, in many ways more innovative than the Russians’, especially in developing long-range drones at sea and in the air.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
There, the deaths of three British citizens in the strike on the World Central Kitchen workers have stoked public outrage.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
The attack by Tehran was in retaliation for an Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound this month in Syria.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
The officials described the following options, and their downsides, from which the Israeli leaders are choosing a response:
Conduct an aggressive strike on an Iranian target, such as an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps base, in a country other than Iran like Syria.
—Russell Goldman, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Ciscomani and Crane arrived in Israel two days after seven aid workers for World Central Kitchen, the aid organization founded by famous U.S. Chef José Andres, were killed in an Israel Defense Force strike on their convoy in Gaza.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
But after Israel’s strike on Iran’s embassy in Damascus on April 1, an attack that killed several senior members of the IRGC, that restraint may loosen.
—Mina Al-Oraibi, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2024
Biden was asked Friday how imminent a potential attack on Israel is from Tehran following an Israeli strike on Iran's Damascus consulate in Syria.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024
Related article Ukraine claims major drone strike on Russian airfield, killing servicemen and destroying aircraft
Ukraine has responded with a rapid expansion of its own arms industry, in many ways more innovative than the Russians’, especially in developing long-range drones at sea and in the air.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
There, the deaths of three British citizens in the strike on the World Central Kitchen workers have stoked public outrage.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
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