verb

(1) Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

(2) Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

(3) Hit against; come into sudden contact with

(4) Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

(5) Indicate (a certain time

(6) Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

(7) Stop work in order to press demands

(8) Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

(9) Attain

(10) Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

(11) Cause to form (an electric arc

(12) Find unexpectedly

(13) Produce by ignition or a blow

(14) Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

(15) Cause to experience suddenly

(16) Drive something violently into a location

(17) Occupy or take on

(18) Disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set

(19) Form by stamping, punching, or printing

(20) Smooth with a strickle

(21) Pierce with force

(22) Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing

adjective

(1) (used in combination