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From Longman Dictionary
strike1 /straɪk/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tense and past participle struck /strʌk/)
to hit or fall against the surface of something
to deliberately hit someone or something with your hand or a weapon
if something strikes you, you think of it, notice it, or realize that it is important, interesting, true etc
if a group of workers strike, they stop working as a protest against something relating to their work, for example how much they are paid, bad working conditions etc
to attack someone, especially suddenly
to damage or harm someone or something
if something bad strikes, it suddenly happens or suddenly begins to affect someone
if lightning strikes something, it hits and damages it
if a clock strikes one, two, six etc, its bell makes a sound once, twice, six etc times according to what time it is
to do something that gives you an advantage over your opponent in a fight, competition etc
strike2 ●●● S3 W2 noun
a period of time when a group of workers deliberately stop working because of a disagreement about pay, working conditions etc
a military attack, especially by planes dropping bombs
the discovery of something valuable under the ground
an attempt to hit the ball in baseball that fails, or a ball that is thrown to the batter in the correct area but is not hit
a situation in bowling in which you knock down all the pins (=bottle-shaped objects) with a ball on your first attempt
Example
Most people were fast asleep when the hurricane struck at 4.05 pm
In the final analysis, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision struck down the first display and upheld the second one
He struck her across the face and broke her nose
The London Planetarium no longer strikes one with quite the same sense of awe, because planetariums are no longer new
He began with the departure from Troy and the storm that struck the Fleet
In the long run, the outcome of the Delphi Chassis strike could be less important than the walkout itself
Since the miners‘ strike, thirty of the mines in the area have been closed
The rebels launched a retaliatory strike
Barnett ruled a two-strike pitch from Shawn Boskie was a called third strike
