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hit
noun as in strike, bump
noun as in entertainment success
verb as in strike
Strongest matches
bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, kick, knock, knock out, nail, pop, punch, slap, smack, whack
Strong matches
KO, bang, bash, blitz, box, brain, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, hammer, hook, jab, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, lob, pellet, pelt, percuss, pound, rap, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whang
Weak matches
give a black eye, knock around, let fly, let have it, ride roughshod
verb as in collide, bump into
Example Sentences
The 2-year Japanese government bond yield hit the 1.000% mark earlier Monday for the first time in 17 years as fears about U.S. tariffs have eased and inflation remains persistently high.
Base parking lots are peppered with new Porsches and Humvees as the market hits new highs.
Analysts predicted a third-straight annual sales increase as automakers, who had been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and semiconductor shortages, finally got their factories running full steam.
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut a week after Israeli air strikes hit the Lebanese capital.
The sponsors pitched the tax as hitting only some 2,500 people in the country, or the top 0.03% of the population.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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