DAWNED (ON) Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

dawned (on)

verb

past tense of dawn (on)

as in occurred (to)

to enter the mind of it finally dawned on me that I had been going the wrong way

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struck

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As a sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene, a second vehicle struck the Thaxton, according to the post.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Davidson struck me as being fearful, clinging to a handful of ugly stories about trans people as a sign of things to come in women-only spaces.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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