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nation
Noun
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A nation is a country or a political entity.
Mexico is a nation of emigrants.
The Canadian government is working with the Mohawk nation.
wide
Adjective
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A wide thing is long from one side to the other side.
This box is 3 units long and 2 units wide, but only 1 unit high.
strike
Verb
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When you hit something, you strike it.
If you strike a person, it will hurt.
He struck the boy with his hand.
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When an idea strikes you, it occurs to you suddenly or with force.
To play with fire strikes me as a bad idea.
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When a clock rings a bell to tell you the time, the clock strikes the time.
The children ran out of the school when the clock struck twelve.
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A disease can strike a person. That person is stricken with disease.
The child was stricken with a serious blood disease.
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When you strike a part from a document, it is stricken from the document.
The errors were stricken from the dictionary.
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When bad luck strikes you, you are stricken with bad luck.
strike
Noun
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When a group of people stop working to improve or defend their working conditions or pay, they go on strike.
Every secretary at the company went on strike for better pay.