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strike

strike - verb

To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal biff, bop, clip, wallop. Slang belt, conk, paste. See attack. strike.
To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or upon, go at, have at, sail into, storm. Informal light into, pitch into. See attack.
To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, torment, torture. See attack. help.
To grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws: catch, nip, snap, snatch. See reach.
To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound: bong, chime, knell, peal, ring, toll. See sounds.
To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. annul, blot(out), cancel, cross(off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub(out), scratch(out), undo, wipe(out), x(out). Law vacate. See continue.
To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from: affect, get(to), impress, move, touch. See touch.
To enter a person's mind: hit, occur. See happen.
To have a sudden overwhelming effect on: catch, seize, take. See attack. over.
To cease working in support of demands made upon an employer: walk out. See continue.

To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one: counter, hit back, reciprocate, retaliate, retort. See attack. forgiveness.

To proceed in a specified direction: bear, go, head, make, set out. See approach.