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Blastment


Definition:

  • (n.) A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.

Example Sentences:

Strike


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
  • (v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
  • (v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
  • (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
  • (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
  • (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
  • (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
  • (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
  • (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
  • (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
  • (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
  • (v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
  • (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
  • (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
  • (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
  • (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
  • (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
  • (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
  • (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
  • (v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
  • (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
  • (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
  • (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
  • (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
  • (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
  • (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
  • (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
  • (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
  • (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
  • (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
  • (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
  • (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
  • (v. i.) To steal money.
  • (n.) The act of striking.
  • (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
  • (n.) A bushel; four pecks.
  • (n.) An old measure of four bushels.
  • (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
  • (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
  • (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
  • (n.) A puddler's stirrer.
  • (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
  • (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
  • (2) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
  • (3) The amplitudes of the a-wave and the 01 decreased in dose-dependent manners, but their changes were less striking than those of the 01 latency.
  • (4) A striking feature of BEN is the familial occurrence of the disease.
  • (5) What is striking is the comprehensive and strategic approach they have.
  • (6) The most striking feature of some industrialized countries is a dramatic reduction of the prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children.
  • (7) Confirmation of the striking correlation between increased urinary ammonia and lowered neonatal ponderal index may afford a simple test for the identification of nutrient-related growth retardation.
  • (8) All aircraft exited the strike areas safely.” Earlier, residents living near the Mosul dam told the Associated Press the area was being targeted by air strikes.
  • (9) It’s not to punish the public, it’s to save the NHS and its people.” Another commenter added: “Of course they should strike.
  • (10) If you want to become a summit celebrity be sure to strike a pose whenever you see the ENB photographer approaching.
  • (11) I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here.
  • (12) Striking and consistent differences were found in the levels of acceptor activity in different tissues from both groups; these levels corresponded to their sensitivity to tumorigenesis by alkylating agents.
  • (13) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
  • (14) The results show that in both viral DNAs cleavage occurs at the origin and at one additional site which shows striking sequence homology with the origin region.
  • (15) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
  • (16) The most striking homology was to yeast SEC7 in the central domain of the gene (57% identical over 466 bp) and also the protein level (42% identical amino acids; 39% conserved amino acids).
  • (17) Figures from 228 organisations, of which 154 are acute hospital trusts, show that 2,077 inpatient procedures have been cancelled due to the two-day strike alongside 3,187 day case operations and procedures.
  • (18) Striking features were non-atherosclerotic stenosis with negative Sudan III, seen in the ICA less than 200 mu in diameter of almost all the hearts of stages II and III rabbits.
  • (19) The military is not being honest about the number of men on strike: most of us are refusing to eat.
  • (20) The most striking differences were observed on the factors: Psychopathic deviation, Mania, Schizophrenia greater than controls and social introversion lower than controls.

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