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Definition of strike : 1. A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial.
2. Act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called double spare.
3. Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it.
4. Same as Ten- strike.

Synonyms:

pretend, boot, come upon, involve, name, instill, flow, glisten, rap, chance on, run, lessen, get, come across, peach, cudgel, sorb, fasten on, beauty, affect, efface, itch, stroke, spank, bang, chafe, scourge, film, exact, resonate, castigate, fall down, wipe, go down, glitter, contain, meet, collision, switch, eruption, torture, murder, revive, sail into, off, take over, divulge, touch on, glint, get into, use up, nip, descend, scratch, take aim, rack up, blow, carry, conduct, rub, come, crash, beat, bring out, butt against, come up, touch, start, scratch up, fray, charter, stunner, chance upon, pitch into, get word, worst, bong, see, gleam, let out, refer, take away, retaliate, fret, resume, be handicapped, grave, come down, fall upon, forgiveness, bear on, walkout, dissemble, afflict, hear, overcome, slay, look at, bam, overhead, reflect, smooth, scoop out, blot, clout, unwrap, help, subscribe, hit back, swat, act, scoop up, conquer, deal, deadlock, presume, collide with, pommel, light, pick out, ingest, locomote, bring, dish, rush, aggress, surpass, pat, call for, dab, thrash, displace, striking, describe, light upon, lead, thwack, knell, suck, slug, consider, torment, lift out, achieve, withdraw, imbibe, arrogate, settle, resuscitate, blame, make, snatch, proceed, absorb, remove, put on, chime, relate, impinge on, key, contract, rack, postulate, don, wallop, toll, clap, snap, expose, whip, knockout, chastise, bastinado, admit, smash, simulate, take up, reach, bear, strickle, yarn-dye, score, ravisher, devolve, observe, confrontation, cross, study, have, doubt, rap music, sham, necessitate, smash-up, select, pop, go at, fall, glow, seize, scrape up, give away, clip, engage, wiretap, defeat, sit-in, feign, retort, fringe, anguish, slowdown, hydrant, have at, come over, let on, soak up, consume, adopt, actuate, identify, be troubled, smite, encounter, aim, bop, lease, hip-hop, come to, slog, over, take in, disclosure, get wind, curse, precipitate, pertain, exposure, ten-strike, borrow, concern, pack, polish, peal, spigot, counter, print, make a motion, be active, happen, bash, get a line, water tap, shanghai, occupy, suck up, return, demand, subscribe to, work stoppage, continue, ring, mantrap, sop up, pass, agonize, plague, sweetheart, direct, require, draw, ask, smasher, occur, impact, enter upon, catch, whack, submit, undo, scoop, sock, whop, wham, smoothen, suck in, revolution, discovery, walk out, polish off, scrape, arrive at, rent, success, dispatch, hire, attain, jar against, run into, kick, discover, bump off, pip, choose, distinguish, unfolding, gain, belabor, get hold of, scrub, fall on, learn, radiate, be uncertain, usurp, hitting, convey, accrue, excruciate, key out, call off, fill, need, find out, thrill, flush, shine, tie-up, notice, impress, hang, lulu, assume, vacate, break, excise, travel, disclose, take for granted, biff, guide, be in trouble, diminish, luck into, detect, ingrain, claim, whang, run across, imprint, read, acquire, pick up, incite, fear, happen upon, bump into, knock against, paste, hold, stumble, take, conk, regard, accomplish, take on, vanquish, tally, looker, reciprocate, accept, beam, train, seize on, coin, latch on, mint, belt, find, slam, bruise, tap, water faucet, go, hook on, decrease, flog, light into, wear, blast, bear upon, engrave, beset, have-to doe with, inscribe, reveal

knock, jerk, poke, pitch, jog, impulse, punch, nudge, push, shot, shove, sling, jolt, motivation, momentum, bump, prod

onslaught, fight, tirade, furor, siege, assail, harry, battle, charge, lunge, invade, fury, attack, bombard, flay, slash, aggression, violence, war, spasm, offense, sortie, foray, raid, invasion, combat, batter, hit, pound, scathe, warfare, violate, thrust, scorch, savage, rape, barrage, hammer, scarify, lash, assault, bombardment, outbreak, storm, bloodshed, trounce, riot, frenzy

launch, motivate, catapult, move, instigate, throw, heave, goad, energize, hurtle, lob, hurl, induce, inspire, shoot, provoke, impel, fling, urge, trigger, hasten, drive, stimulate, encourage, ferment, entice, ram, jostle, propel, force, foment, magnetize, fire, prompt

eradicate, erase, annihilate, cancel, edit, annul, eliminate, delete, censor, expurgate, cut, obliterate, omit, expunge

offence

Usage examples:

• How did my view strike you?" - "The Ball and The Cross", G.K. Chesterton.
• I must strike something else." - "Richard Dare's Venture", Edward Stratemeyer.
• With this I can strike the white man blind when he is so far that his eyes do not show his face. - "Red Men and White", Owen Wister.