egoism
Definition: (noun) excessive concern with oneself; conceit.
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strike
verb
- To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop
1, slam, slog, slug
3, smash, smite, sock, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.
Informal: biff, bop, clip
1, wallop.
Slang: belt, conk, paste.
Idioms:
let someone have it, sock it to someone. See
attack, strike
- To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or
upon
, go at, have at, sail into, storm.
Informal: light into, pitch into. See
attack
- To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, torment, torture. See
attack, help
- To grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws: catch, nip
1, snap, snatch. See
reach
- To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound: bong, chime, knell, peal, ring
2, toll
2. See
sounds
- To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Also used with out: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).
Law: vacate. See
continue
- To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from: affect
1, get (to), impress, move, touch. See
touch
- To enter a person's mind: hit, occur.
Idiom:
cross one's mind. See
happen
- To have a sudden overwhelming effect on: catch, seize, take. See
attack, over
- To cease working in support of demands made upon an employer: walk out.
Idiom:
go on strike. See
continue
phrasal verb
strike back
- To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one: counter, hit back, reciprocate, retaliate, retort. See
attack, forgiveness
phrasal verb
strike down
- To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell
1, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, throw.
Slang: deck
1.
Idiom:
lay low. See
rise
phrasal verb
strike out
- To proceed in a specified direction: bear, go, head, make, set out. See
approach
noun
- The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught. See
attack
- Something that has been discovered: ascertainment, discovery, find, finding. See
teach
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