strikes

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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
occupy or take on
find unexpectedly
a conspicuous success
form by stamping, punching, or printing
hit against
cause to experience suddenly
attain
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
drive something violently into a location
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
a gentle blow
smooth with a strickle
a group´s refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter´s knees and shoulders
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
indicate (a certain time) by striking
stop work in order to press demands
cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
produce by ignition or a blow
pierce with force
arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing

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