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past tense of strike
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1
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands
- the union is calling for its members to strike until the mining company agrees to meet safety standards
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2
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
- we were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us
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3
to enter the mind of
- it struck her later that no one at the bank had asked for identification
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4
to come into usually forceful contact with something
- the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot
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5
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- the driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear
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- banged,
- bashed,
- batted,
- belted,
- biffed,
- bludgeoned,
- bobbed,
- bonked,
- bopped,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- clapped
- (also clapt),
- clipped,
- clobbered,
- clocked,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- hammered,
- hit,
- knocked,
- nailed,
- pasted,
- pounded,
- punched,
- rapped,
- slammed,
- slapped,
- slogged,
- slugged,
- smacked,
- smote,
- socked,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- tagged,
- thumped,
- thwacked,
- walloped,
- whacked,
- whaled,
- zapped
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- battered,
- beat,
- buffeted,
- bunged,
- chopped,
- cuffed,
- drubbed,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- licked,
- mangled,
- mauled,
- pelted,
- peppered,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- roughed
- bowled (down or over),
- creamed,
- decked,
- dumped
- [slang],
- felled,
- floored,
- knocked down,
- leveled
- (or levelled)
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6
to take apart
- the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed
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7
to take sudden, violent action against
- a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed
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- ambuscaded,
- ambushed,
- surprised
- (also surprized),
- waylaid
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8
to cast a spell on
- the only way that she's going to get a man is if she strikes one
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- bewitched,
- charmed,
- enchanted,
- ensorcelled
- (or ensorceled),
- hexed,
- overlooked,
- spelled
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The first known use of struck was in 1894
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