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Adjective striking has 2 senses

dramatic, spectacular, striking - sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking - having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
Antonyms: inconspicuous, invisible (indirect, via conspicuous)

Noun striking has 2 senses

contact, impinging, striking - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
--₁ is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--₁ has particulars:
collision, hit; engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking; flick; impact; touch, touching

Derived form: verb strike₁
hit, hitting, striking - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
--₂ is a kind of touch, touching
--₂ has particulars:
contusion; crash, smash; bunt; fly, fly ball; grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper; header; scorcher, screamer; plunk, plunker

Derived form: verb strike₂

Verb strike has 21 senses

hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
--₁ is one way to touch

Derived forms: noun strike₄, noun striker₄, noun striker₅, noun striking₁
Sample sentence:
The car strikes the tree
strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
--₂ is one way to touch

Derived forms: noun strike₄, noun striker₄, noun striker₅, noun striking₂
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to strike his opponent
affect, impress, move, strike - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
Sample sentences:
The bad news will strike him
The good news will strike her
strike, hit - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"
--₄ is one way to attack, assail

Derived forms: noun strike₃, noun strike₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
strike - indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"
--₅ is one way to read, register, show, record
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
hit, strike - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
--₆ is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
strike, walk out - stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"
--₇ is one way to protest, resist, dissent

Derived forms: noun strike₁, noun striker₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
--₈ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
come to, strike - attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"
--₉ is one way to achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
strike, hit - produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"
--₁₀ is one way to touch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
strike - cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"
--₁₁ is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
--₁₂ is one way to find, regain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
strike - produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"
--₁₃ is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
strike, expunge, excise - remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record"
--₁₄ is one way to delete, cancel
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
hit, strike, come to - cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
hit, strike - drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
--₁₆ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
assume, take, strike, take up - occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
--₁₇ is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
mint, coin, strike - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
--₁₈ is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
strickle, strike - smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
--₁₉ is one way to flush, level, even out, even
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
strike - pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"
--₂₀ is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
strike - arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
--₂₁ is one way to solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something