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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.
helicopter
Noun
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A helicopter is a type of aircraft. It does not have wings, but has two or more long blades which rotate. It is able to move in any direction, forward or back, up or down, or stay in one place.
The helicopter flew over the sea and was able to land on the ship.