struck
Example Sentences
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In previous attacks, including on the Al-Udeid military base in Qatar after the US struck Iranian nuclear sites last June, Tehran avoided causing American casualties.
From BBC
They repaired the damage repeatedly, but Russia struck again, leading the workers to compare their situation to the film “Groundhog Day.”
There is overlap in the numbers between investors and homeowners, but Eckerd was struck by the rise in young and lower-income investors at the same time that home buying activity has fallen.
Their respite was dismantled in quick order when Scotland struck for their third score.
From BBC
When Tim struck up a conversation with the Transportation Security Administration agent who reviewed his ID, the agent told him that he had scanned Sam’s information that day.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.