strike
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find
walk out
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- walk out
- take industrial action
- down tools
- revolt
- mutiny
hit
collide with
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- collide with
- hit
- run into
- bump into
- touch
- smash into
- come into contact with
- knock into
- be in collision with
attack
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- attack
- assault someone
- fall upon someone
- set upon someone
- lay into someone
seem to
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- seem to
- appear to
- look to
- give the impression to
delete
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- delete
- remove
- erase
- pull
- eliminate
- extract
- get rid of
- strike out
- expunge
- take away or off or out
discover
strike back
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- retaliate
- hit back
- pay (someone) back
- reciprocate
- take revenge
- even the score
- get your own back
- wreak vengeance
- exact retribution
- give as good as you get
- take an eye for an eye
- make reprisal
- give (someone) a taste of his or her own medicine
- give tit for tat
- return like for like
strike out
strike something out or off or through
strike something up: start to play
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- start to play
- start playing
- embark on
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Synonyms for strike
to deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply
to set upon with violent force
to bring great harm or suffering to
to remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean
to cease working in support of demands made upon an employer
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strike back: to return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one
strike down: to cause to fall, as from a shot or blow
the act of attacking
something that has been discovered
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Synonyms for strike
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
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(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
a conspicuous success
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
hit against
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
attain
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produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
find unexpectedly
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
form by stamping, punching, or printing
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arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
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