strike
verb (used with object)
to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
had struck
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past perfectof strike.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Information reported late Wednesday that the company had struck a $12.9 billion deal to acquire Hugging Face, a repository for open-source AI tools.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Glendale police got a call just before 2 p.m. that a vehicle had struck the Grandview House Preschool in the 1200 block of North Pacific Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
In a statement, the military also said that it had struck several areas across Gaza and dismantled five Hamas weapons storage facilities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Kyiv said it had struck "major logistics facilities" used to "supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Whatever I’d said had struck a nerve, and I studied his face.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
