strike
Example Sentences
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Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.
Yet as funny as it is to see a guy this scrawny carry himself like Hercules, he leaps and strikes with conviction.”
From Los Angeles Times
The Venezuelan government is yet to respond, and it is not clear whether the strike took place inside Venezuelan territory.
From BBC
Mr. Zelensky said Monday that the “‘residence strike’ story is a complete fabrication.”
In the days since, the White House, Pentagon and other government agencies haven’t offered any public details or corroboration that a strike took place.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.