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

Recent Examples on the Web

At least 25 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth strike on or near a school in the Gaza Strip in just four days, health officials in the enclave said late Tuesday. —Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 10 July 2024

This week’s appalling Russian missile strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv is a grim reminder of why NATO matters. —David Ignatius, Washington Post, 9 July 2024

Biden also announced Ukraine would get five additional air interceptors, which comes after a Russian missile strike on Okhmatdyt, the largest children’s hospital in Ukraine. —Brad Dress, The Hill, 9 July 2024

Two people were killed and at least 16 others were injured in the strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital. —Helen Regan, CNN, 8 July 2024