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How to sign: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd";
Similiar / Same: impress, affect, move
Within this category: awaken, cloud, disturb, engrave, hit home, impress, impress, infect, jar, move, pierce, sadden, smite, strike dumb, surprise, sweep away, touch, zap
How to sign: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
"the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled";
Similiar / Same: work stoppage
Categories: job action
Within this category: sit-down, sympathy strike, walkout, wildcat strike
How to sign: a conspicuous success
"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang";
Similiar / Same: hit, smasher, smash, bang
Categories: success
Within this category: blockbuster, sleeper
How to sign: remove by erasing or crossing out
"Please strike this remark from the record";
Similiar / Same: expunge, excise
How to sign: hit against; come into sudden contact with
"The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow";
Similiar / Same: impinge on, collide with, hit, run into
Categories: touch
Within this category: bottom, bottom out, broadside, bump, collide, connect, ping, rear-end, run into, spang, spat, thud
How to sign: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
"The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead";
See also: fell, strike down, cut down, drop
Categories: touch
Within this category: beat, beat, buffet, butt, chop, clout, dab, down, hew, jab, knock, peck, rap, sclaff, sclaff, sideswipe, slap, spur, tap, whip
How to sign: a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit
"this pitcher throws more strikes than balls";
How to sign: a gentle blow
How to sign: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
"he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame";
Similiar / Same: ten-strike
Categories: score
How to sign: find unexpectedly
"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake";
Similiar / Same: fall upon, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
