| verb | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon “The teacher struck the child” |
| verb | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon “This child impressed me as unusually mature” |
| verb | hit against; come into sudden contact with “The car hit a tree” |
| verb | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target “The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939” |
| verb | indicate (a certain time) by striking “The clock struck midnight” |
| verb | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely “We were hit by really bad weather” |
| verb | stop work in order to press demands “The auto workers are striking for higher wages” |
| verb | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly “Light fell on her face” |
| verb | attain “The horse finally struck a pace” |
| verb | produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically “The pianist strikes a middle C” |
| verb | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp “strike an arc” |
| verb | find unexpectedly “the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb” |
| verb | produce by ignition or a blow “strike fire from the flintstone” |
| verb | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line “Please strike this remark from the record” |
| verb | cause to experience suddenly “Panic struck me” |
| verb | drive something violently into a location “he hit his fist on the table” |
| verb | occupy or take on “He assumes the lotus position” |
| verb | form by stamping, punching, or printing “strike coins” |
| verb | smooth with a strickle “strickle the grain in the measure” |
| verb | pierce with force “The bullet struck her thigh” |
| verb | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing “strike a balance” |
| adjective | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming “conscience-smitten” |
| strike | noun | a gentle blow |
| striker | noun | someone who hits |
| striking | noun | the act of contacting one thing with another |
| affective | adjective | characterized by emotion |
| affect | noun | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
| impressible | adjective | easily impressed or influenced |
| impressive | adjective | producing a strong effect |
| hit | noun | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together |
| hitting | noun | the act of contacting one thing with another |
| walkout | noun | a strike in which the workers walk out |
| discovery | noun | something that is discovered |
| expunction | noun | deletion by an act of expunging or erasing |
| expunging | noun | deletion by an act of expunging or erasing |
| excision | noun | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |
| mint | noun | a plant where money is coined by authority of the government |
| minter | noun | a skilled worker who coins or stamps money |
| mintage | noun | act or process of minting coins |
| coin | noun | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
| coiner | noun | a maker of counterfeit coins |