Словарь синонимов английского языка - strike

(v) 1. hit, deal a blow to, knock, smack, thump, thwack, crown, cuff, punch, smite; beat, hammer, belabour, batter, pummel or pommel, pelt, buffet, thrash; cudgel, bludgeon, club, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, cane, flog, birch, slap, Colloq wallop, slug, whack, clout, sock, conk, belt, bash, lambaste, bop: Small wonder he struck you after what you called his wife. 2. deliver, deal, aim, direct: He struck a blow for freedom. 3. hit, collide with, land on or in or against, smash or bump or bang or crash or dash into, go or run into, impact: Mrs Humphrey's car went out of control and struck a tree. 4. remove, take away, take apart, dismantle, knock down; take or pull or haul down: Stage-hands struck the set. As the wind piped up we struck the mainsail. 5. Usually, strike off or from or out. obliterate, expunge, erase, eradicate, blot out, delete, scratch, eliminate, rub out, cross (out), cancel, wipe out, US x out: After the scandal, his name was struck off the register. Strike out any references that might be thought libellous. 6. light, ignite: He struck a match to see where he was going. 7. affect, impbess, influence, afflict, Colloq hit: The death of her kitten struck Mandy to the heart. 8. make, reach, attain, conclude; agree or settle (on), ratify, confirm: We struck a bargain on the sale of the car. 9. occur or come to, dawn on or upon, Colloq hit, register (with): It suddenly struck me that you are leaving tomorrow. 10. impress, print, stamp, punch, mint, make: They have struck a new gold coin for collectors. 11. instil, implant, induce: Horror films struck fear into our hearts when we were children. 12. assume, adopt, put on, display, affect, take on, feign: He struck a supercilious pose of insouciant hauteur that annoyed her intensely. 13. Often, strike down. afflict, affect, attack, indispose, incapacitate, disable, cripple, invalid: Polio struck her down in the prime of life. 14. encounter, come or happen or hit upon, come across, chance upon, discover, stumble on, find* The news is that they've struck oil in the North Sea. 15. revolt, bebel, mutiny, walk out (of or off the job): The machinists struck at midnight, bringing the industry to a halt. 16. ctrike on or upon. dream up, devise, conjure up, improvice, work out, invent, contrive, come up with, hit on or upon, arrive at: The alchemist never did strike upon a way to turn lead into gold. 17. strike out. a fail, get nowhere, Colloq US miss the boat, flop, come a cropper, Slang US blow it, blow the gaff, come to nothing or naught or nought: Tim always strikes out when it comes to girls. b See 5, above. 18. strike up. (cause to) begin or start or commence: The band struck up. We struck up an acquaintance aboard ship. -(n) 19. attack, assault: A dawn air strike is planned. 20. walk-out, sit-down (strike), job action, slow-down, go-slow, work-to-rule: They will call a strike if negotiations break down.