STRUCK (INTO) Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

struck (into)

verb

Definition of struck (into)

past tense of strike (into)

as in began

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) before you actually strike into your speech, you should introduce yourself

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Most of us who do philosophy began by hoping to find definitions too.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Crews began working Monday on Pocket Road near East Shore Drive to replace a sewer manhole and about 50 feet of a sewer main and repave the intersection, according to the project’s webpage.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of began

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Then the Padres commenced giving him a big cushion, scoring two runs in the second inning and batting around and scoring five times in the second.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
As the wreckage of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers smoldered, the United States commenced military operations in Afghanistan.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of commenced

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The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Ildemaro Vargas started the ninth with a walk, winning an ABS challenge on a full-count pitch initially called a strike.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of started

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So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Innovative methodologies, including demography and quantitative analysis, folklore, material culture, oral history, and family reconstitution opened new windows into the past.

— Drew Gilpin Faust, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of opened

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The State Department issued a caution warning to Americans in the Middle East on Saturday night after Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a ballistic missile at an airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Pukar, as well as Renegade Insurance CEO Rashik Adhikari, launched a relief drive, matching donations up to $20,000 to the government’s relief effort.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

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