to strike
821
3.9
- verb
- /straɪk/
:
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- Did that note strike you odd in any way?
- strike a chord
- strike a nerve
- striking similarity
And I was struck by what you mean.
- And I was struck by what you mean.
- Therefore, what you're seeing to call it all Israel strikes me as bizarre.
- And I just thought, oh, that's going to strike a really weird note, right?
- But like, it always struck me how they just didn't care, right?
- that does not strike me as the most exciting place
- There was an energy that just struck me when I saw him.
- I thought I was going to get struck by a fatal disease.
- So there was nothing about that video that struck me as, you know, problematic.
- I do that's that strikes me as an like insecure, right?
- It's an, it's an, it's a thought which just strikes me from Vienna.
Examples
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And we are going to show them that when danger strikes, you do not run from it.
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And I, I just was struck by how little I was.
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There was an energy that just struck me when I saw him.
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- Mr. Walker, you struck me as a man with drive and initiative.
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On the train, it strikes me that I've done a very stupid thing.
Academic text (2012) -
If you think there's nothing you can do when disaster strikes, think again.
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From the moment you encounter school library personnel in this district, you are struck by their professionalism.
Academic text (2011) -
Their model of imperial rule, such as he conceived it, struck him as admirable.
Academic text (2008) -
Professor Moore is an avowed empiricist, but there are two striking empirical problems with this claim.
Academic text (2008) -
When I first visited the museum, a particular painting struck me as incredibly beautiful.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
To suddenly make someone feel a strong emotion
∞
3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
668
3.4
Make someone feel strong emotions
546
3.1
Suddenly have an idea or memory
457
2.8
To make someone admire you or accept an idea
339
2.4
Come into someone's mind suddenly or unexpectedly
131
3.7
To make someone react suddenly because they feel surprised or afraid
19
9.4
Feel sudden, strong love or desire for someone
8
4.3
To surprise someone and make them react
3
6.7
Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand
2
8.1
To surprise someone suddenly and very strongly
1
6.1
Suddenly appear in a place or in someone's mind and surprise people
1
8.0
To feel a sudden strong shock or surprise
To feel sudden shock or surprise
To suddenly feel a very strong emotion that you cannot control
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
4.7
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To criticize or take advantage of someone when they are weak
Phrasal Verbs
22
3.8
To start a conversation, friendship, or activity with someone in a quick informal way
Compounds
14
3.2
A sudden flash of electricity from the sky that hits something or a sudden strong idea
- Specialized
11
4.4
Area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders where a pitch must pass to be called a strike
- NSFW
4
8.6
A surprise attack with nuclear weapons to destroy an enemy's ability to fight back
- Specialized
3
5.0
An attack launched early to stop a threat that is about to happen, for example in war or computer attacks
3
4.7
A person who plans and speaks for workers who stop work for better pay or conditions
- Jargon
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
- Formal
A military action to stop an expected attack by an enemy before it happens
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strike comes from the old English strīcan, meaning 'to touch or move', like stroke, and kept the sense of a sudden contact. That's why something can 'strike' you emotionally or suddenly come into your mind.