n. 25B6; verb
the teacher struck Mary : HIT, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, punch, cuff; cane, lash, whip, club; Austral./NZ informal quilt; informal clout, wallop, belt, whack, thwack, bash, clobber, bop, biff; poetic/literary smite.
he struck the gong : BANG, beat, hit; informal bash, wallop.
the car struck a tree : CRASH INTO, collide with, hit, run into, bump into, smash into; N. Amer. impact.
Jennifer struck the ball : HIT, drive, propel; informal clout, wallop, swipe.
he struck a match : IGNITE, light.
she was asleep when the killer struck : ATTACK, set upon someone, fall on someone, assault someone.
the disease is striking 3,000 people a year : AFFECT, afflict, attack, hit.
striking a balance : ACHIEVE, reach, arrive at, find, attain, establish.
we have struck a bargain : AGREE (ON), come to an agreement on, settle on; informal clinch.
he struck a heroic pose : ASSUME, adopt, take on/up, affect; N. Amer. informal cop.
they have struck oil : DISCOVER, find, come upon.
a thought struck her : OCCUR TO, come to (mind), dawn on one, hit, spring to mind, enter one's head.
you strike me as intelligent : SEEM TO, appear to, give the impression to.
train drivers are striking : TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION, go on strike, down tools, walk out.
they struck the big tent : TAKE DOWN, pull down.
Lord Bridport struck his flag : LOWER, take down, bring down.
we should strike south : GO, make one's way, head.
25B6; noun
a 48-hour strike : INDUSTRIAL ACTION, walkout.
a military strike : (AIR) ATTACK, assault, bombing.
a gold strike : FIND, discovery.
25A0; strike something out DELETE, cross out, erase, rub out.
25A0; strike something up
the band struck up another tune : BEGIN TO PLAY, start playing.
we struck up a friendship : BEGIN, start, commence, embark on, establish.