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[straɪk] struck vb: pt, pp1. n1) (by workers) scioperoto go on or come out on strike — entrare in sciopero
2) Mil, (also: air strike) attacco3) (discovery: of oil, gold) scoperta4) Baseball, Bowling strike m inv2. vt1) (hit: gen) colpire2) (collide with) urtare, sbattere contro, (rocks etc) sbattere contro, cozzare contro3) (produce, make: coin, medal) coniare, (agreement, deal) concludere, (a light, match) accendere, (sparks) far sprizzare4) (occur to) colpirethe thought or it strikes me that... — mi viene in mente che...
how does it strike you? — che te ne pare?, che ne pensi?
5) (find: gold, oil) trovarehe struck it rich fig — ha fatto fortuna, ha trovato l'America
6) stricken pp: also(remove, cross out)
to strike (from) — cancellare (da)3. vi1) (workers) scioperare2) (clock) rintoccare, suonare3) (attack) Mil etc, attaccare, sferrare un attacco, (tiger) aggredire la preda, (snake) mordere, (disease, disaster) colpire, abbattersito strike at — (person, evil) colpire
4)4. adj(pay, committee) di sciopero•
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