Antonyms for strike
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : strahyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : straɪk |
Definition of strike
Origin :- Old English strican "pass over lightly, stroke, smooth, rub," also "go, proceed" (past tense strac, past participle stricen), from Proto-Germanic *strik- (cf. Old Norse strykva "to stroke," Old Frisian strika, Middle Dutch streken, Dutch strijken "to smooth, stroke, rub," Old High German strihhan, German streichen), from PIE root *str(e)ig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil).
- Related to streak and stroke, and perhaps influenced in sense development by cognate Old Norse striuka. Sense of "to deal a blow" developed by early 14c.; meaning "to collide" is from mid-14c.; that of "to hit with a missile" is from late 14c. Meaning "to cancel or expunge" (as with the stroke of a pen) is attested from late 14c. An older sense is preserved in strike for "go toward."
- verb hit hard
- verb make an impact
- verb find, discover
- verb devastate, affect
- verb walk out of job in protest
- When I hear a note of music, can I not at once strike its chord?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Very well; bring me what you have at that hour, and we'll strike a trade.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Masses of Asia have awakened to strike off shackles of the past.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- I dismounted, and went forward to strike it with a piece of wood.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- Better to strike the rear guard than to feather a shaft in the earth.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- We are natural enemies; and when your foe is disabled, then is the time to strike.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- The woman was about to strike him angrily, when she happened to glance at his face.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- A girl of Frederica's age must be childish indeed, if such things do not strike her.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- It ain't any trouble, because it's the first land you'll strike the other side of the Atlantic.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- If the hunter fires then, over the horn, he will strike the beast's backbone.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for strike
- achieve
- affect
- afflict
- aggress
- arbitrate
- arrive at
- assail
- assault
- attack
- attain
- bang
- bash
- be on strike
- be plausible
- beat
- beset
- boff
- bonk
- box
- boycott
- buffet
- bump into
- carry
- catch
- chance upon
- chastise
- clash
- clobber
- clout
- collide
- come across
- come to mind
- come upon
- conk
- crash
- cuff
- dawn on
- deal a blow
- dig up
- drive
- effect
- encounter
- excruciate
- fall upon
- force
- get
- go on strike
- hammer
- happen upon
- harrow
- have semblance
- hit
- hit the bricks
- hit upon
- hold out
- impel
- impress
- influence
- inspire
- invade
- knock
- lay bare
- light upon
- look
- martyr
- mediate
- move
- mutiny
- negotiate
- occur to
- open up
- percuss
- picket
- plant
- pop
- pound
- pummel
- punch
- punish
- quit
- rack
- reach
- refuse to work
- register
- resist
- revolt
- run into
- seem
- seize
- set upon
- sit down
- sit in
- slap
- slow down
- slug
- smack
- smash into
- smite
- sock
- stick out
- stop
- storm
- stumble across
- swat
- sway
- take
- thrust
- thump
- tie up
- torment
- torture
- touch
- try
- turn up
- uncover
- unearth
- wallop
- whop
- wring
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