strike

verb

1. To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
2. To hit.
3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
4. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
5. To manufacture, as by stamping.
6. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
8. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
9. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
10. To cause to ignite by friction.
11. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
12. To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
13. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
14. To carry out a violent or illegal action.
15. To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
16. To impinge upon.
17. To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
18. To create an impression.
19. To score a goal.
20. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.