| Main Entry: |
strike |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
hit hard |
Synonyms: |
bang,
bash,
beat, boff, bonk, box, buffet, bump into,
chastise, clash, clobber, clout,
collide, conk,
crash, cuff,
drive,
force,
hammer,
impel, knock, percuss,
plant*,
pop*,
pound, pummel, punch,
punish, run into, slap, slug, smack, smash into, sock, swat,
thrust, thump,
touch, wallop, whop
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| Notes: |
to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
Antonyms: |
tap
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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