DICTOMETER

STRIKING

(strike, striking, adoptar, alcanzar, atacar, ataque, cerrar, clavar, dar, descubrimiento, descubrir, encender, golpear, hacer huelga, huelga, impresionar, paro, suprimir, tocar, llamativo, angrep, angripe, funn, gjøre inntrykk, innta, oppdage, slutte, slå, slå an, spikre, streik, streike, stryke, tenne, treffe, påfallende, slående, treffende)

1. Synonyms:
   • Contact
   • Impinging
   • Striking
   Definitions:
   • the physical coming together of two or more things
   Examples:
   • Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hit
   • Hitting
   • Striking
   Definitions:
   • the act of contacting one thing with another
   Examples:
   • Repeated hitting raised a large bruise
   • After three misses she finally got a hit
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Strike
   Definitions:
   • deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
   Examples:
   • The teacher struck the child
   • The opponent refused to strike
   • The boxer struck the attacker dead
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Affect
   • Impress
   • Move
   • Strike
   Definitions:
   • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
   Examples:
   • This child impressed me as unusually mature
   • This behavior struck me as odd
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hit
   • Strike
   • Impinge on
   • Run into
   • Collide with
   Definitions:
   • hit against
   • come into sudden contact with
   Examples:
   • The car hit a tree
   • He struck the table with his elbow
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Strike
   • Hit
   Definitions:
   • make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
   Examples:
   • The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
   • We must strike the enemy's oil fields
   • In the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Strike
   Definitions:
   • indicate (a certain time) by striking
   Examples:
   • The clock struck midnight
   • Just when I entered, the clock struck
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Hit
   • Strike
   Definitions:
   • affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
   Examples:
   • We were hit by really bad weather
   • He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager
   • The earthquake struck at midnight
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Strike
   • Walk out
   Definitions:
   • stop work in order to press demands
   Examples:
   • The auto workers are striking for higher wages
   • The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Fall
   • Shine
   • Strike
   Definitions:
   • touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
   Examples:
   • Light fell on her face
   • The sun shone on the fields
   • The light struck the golden necklace
   • A strange sound struck my ears
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Come to
   • Strike
   Definitions:
   • attain
   Examples:
   • The horse finally struck a pace
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Strike
    • Hit
    Definitions:
    • produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
    Examples:
    • The pianist strikes a middle C
    • Strike `z' on the keyboard
    • Her comments struck a sour note
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
    Examples:
    • Strike an arc
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Fall upon
    • Strike
    • Come upon
    • Light upon
    • Chance upon
    • Come across
    • Chance on
    • Happen upon
    • Attain
    • Discover
    Definitions:
    • find unexpectedly
    Examples:
    • The archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
    • She struck a goldmine
    • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • produce by ignition or a blow
    Examples:
    • Strike fire from the flintstone
    • Strike a match
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Strike
    • Scratch
    • Expunge
    • Excise
    Definitions:
    • remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
    Examples:
    • Please strike this remark from the record
    • Scratch that remark
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Hit
    • Strike
    • Come to
    Definitions:
    • cause to experience suddenly
    Examples:
    • Panic struck me
    • An interesting idea hit her
    • A thought came to me
    • The thought struck terror in our minds
    • They were struck with fear
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Hit
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • drive something violently into a location
    Examples:
    • He hit his fist on the table
    • She struck her head on the low ceiling
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Assume
    • Take
    • Strike
    • Take up
    Definitions:
    • occupy or take on
    Examples:
    • He assumes the lotus position
    • She took her seat on the stage
    • We took our seats in the orchestra
    • She took up her position behind the tree
    • Strike a pose
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Mint
    • Coin
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • form by stamping, punching, or printing
    Examples:
    • Strike coins
    • Strike a medal
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Strickle
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • smooth with a strickle
    Examples:
    • Strickle the grain in the measure
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • pierce with force
    Examples:
    • The bullet struck her thigh
    • The icy wind struck through our coats
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Strike
    Definitions:
    • arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
    Examples:
    • Strike a balance
    • Strike a bargain
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Dramatic
   • Spectacular
   • Striking
   Definitions:
   • sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
   Examples:
   • A dramatic sunset
   • A dramatic pause
   • A spectacular display of northern lights
   • It was a spectacular play
   • His striking good looks always created a sensation
   Antonyms:
   • Unimpressive
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Outstanding
   • Prominent
   • Salient
   • Spectacular
   • Striking
   Definitions:
   • having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
   Examples:
   • An outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
   • A new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
   • Salient traits
   • A spectacular rise in prices
   • A striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
   • A striking resemblance between parent and child
   Antonyms:
   • Inconspicuous
   • Invisible