To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.
A surname.
From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch...
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A tree strikes its roots deep.
The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.