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.
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Four were killed in a strike on a car in Gaza City late Wednesday and another eight, including two women and three children, were killed in a strike on a home in Jabaliya.
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Haniyeh was killed in a precise strike on his residence in Tehran, Iran.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 May 2025
Rescuers recover charred remains The strike on the school in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City also wounded dozens of people, said Fahmy Awad, head of the ministry’s emergency service.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Twelve civilians – including two children – were injured in a Ukrainian strike on the town of Lgov in Kursk, the region’s acting governor said Thursday.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Haniyeh was killed in a precise strike on his residence in Tehran, Iran.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 May 2025
Rescuers recover charred remains The strike on the school in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City also wounded dozens of people, said Fahmy Awad, head of the ministry’s emergency service.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Twelve civilians – including two children – were injured in a Ukrainian strike on the town of Lgov in Kursk, the region’s acting governor said Thursday.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
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“Strike on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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