Synonyms for strike
43 synonyms found - words and phrases with similiar meaning. Definitionverb
- drive something violently into a location
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- find unexpectedly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cause to experience suddenly
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- occupy or take on
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- attain
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- pierce with force
- produce by ignition or a blow
noun
- a conspicuous success
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders