STRUCK Synonyms: 334 Similar and Opposite Words

struck

verb

Definition of struck

past tense of strike

as in walked

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands the union is calling for its members to strike until the mining company agrees to meet safety standards

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as in affected

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response we were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us

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as in occurred (to)

to enter the mind of it struck her later that no one at the bank had asked for identification

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as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot

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as in hit

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner the driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear

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as in dismantled

to take apart the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed

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as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed

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as in possessed

to cast a spell on the only way that she's going to get a man is if she strikes one

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blessed

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Recent Examples of struck The Houthis also struck two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Police said a dark Chevrolet pickup drove onto a field during a youth soccer game and struck children and adults. — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 Reports said his driver, Firdaus, was struck in the left arm by a bullet and is stable, and that an autorickshaw driver named Chauhan was also hurt. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 Russian missiles and drones struck 28 Ukrainian energy facilities, cutting electricity, heat and water to more than half a million people; a 21-year-old woman was killed near Kyiv. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors said Navarrete got his parents into the garage and struck both his mother and father on the head with an object, before strangling them to death while facing them. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 The prospect of Daunt’s leadership struck publishers as a flash of hope. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 The government said an early warning allowed most people to reach higher ground before the flood struck. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Later in the inning, Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia walked in the tying run (credited to starter Tyler Glasnow for having initially loaded the bases).

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Finklea and his friend Ira Williams, 70, were shot to death when someone walked up to Finklea’s car along Northwest 30th Avenue and fired more than a dozen shots.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of walked

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Scores of drones have crossed into Romanian airspace over the past two years, with officials attributing many of the incursions to Russia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Twenty-six seconds earlier, Nicole Shelton of Morristown, New Jersey, had crossed the finish line with little fanfare.

— Vivian Yao, Baltimore Sun, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of crossed

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The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bumped

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Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hit

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This series has mirrored the 2004 NBA Finals, when the Detroit Pistons dismantled the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers through relentless collective force.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
For decades, the novelist Tom McCarthy has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismantled

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Authorities said John had been a special needs student at the school and had attacked a classroom with special needs students.

— HAVEN DALEY, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
On Friday, settlers attacked the village as residents, accompanied by peace activists, set out early for the harvest.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of attacked

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And when addressing the fact that there would be no allocution or explanation from Kohberger, the judge also questioned whether Kohberger even possessed the capacity to say something truthful.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
In Jennifer’s Body, Needy (Seyfried) is BFFs with the titular mean girl played by Fox, whose body becomes possessed by a succubus with a taste for teen boys after a botched sacrifice by a devil-worshipping boy band (led by Adam Brody).

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026