striking

Meanings

• the physical coming together of two or more things
• the act of contacting one thing with another
• deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• hit against; come into sudden contact with
• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
• indicate (a certain time) by striking
• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
• stop work in order to press demands
  • "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"
• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
• attain
• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
• cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
• find unexpectedly
• produce by ignition or a blow
• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
• cause to experience suddenly
• drive something violently into a location
• occupy or take on
• form by stamping, punching, or printing
• smooth with a strickle
• pierce with force
• arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
• sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
  • "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
  • "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"
  • "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

Synonyms

affect, assume, attain, chance on, chance upon, coin, collide with, come across, come to, come upon, contact, discover, dramatic, excise, expunge, fall, fall upon, happen upon, hit, hitting, impinge on, impinging, impress, light upon, mint, move, outstanding, prominent, run into, salient, scratch, shine, spectacular, strickle, strike, take, take up, walk out