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1. strike, smite, thwack, slap, smack, Australian. ding; cuff, buffet, knock, punch, box, sandbag, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North Eng. paik, Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Inf. knock [s.o.'s] block off, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, Sl. conk, Dial. hit [s.o.] upside the head, Sl. bash, Sl. plug, U.S. Sl. biff, Sl. bop; Sl. belt, Sl. sock, beat, batter, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, pelt, Sl. paste, Sl. lay into, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Archaic. belabor; thrash, flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge, flagellate, whip, horsewhip, curry, strap, thresh, flail, cowhide, spank, Brit. Dial. yerk, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf. lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf. whale, Sl. whomp; cudgel, fustigate, bludgeon, baste, cane, bastinado, club, hammer, sledge hammer; tap, rap, fillip.

2. collide with, impact, crash against, smash into, dash against, jolt, jar, bang into or against; bump, knock into, clap together, percuss, run into, meet head-on, impinge upon or against.

3. reach, touch, gain, attain, achieve; arrive at or in, land in; make, appear in; make a bull's eye, send to the mark, fell, drop, sink, bring down, shoot, Sl. blast, Sl. zap.

4. drive, bat, propel.

5. affect, have an effect on, influence, make an impact or impression on, impinge upon, leave a mark on.

6.Often hit out assail, attack, revile, vituperate, lash out, belabor, rail against, inveigh against, argue or debate against, dispute; criticize, carp, find fault with, castigate, Inf. knock, Inf. light into, Sl. blast; censure, disapprove of, condemn; vilify, asperse, malign, slander, defame, slur, traduce, calumniate, backbite; decry, denounce, denigrate, berate, disparage, deprecate, depreciate, run or put down, belittle, minimize.

7. solicit, demand, ask for, request, petition; appeal, seek, entreat, plea, beg; implore, beseech, supplicate.

8. come upon, light or fall upon, happen or chance upon, blunder upon, meet with, Inf. dig; find, discover, uncover, unearth, ferret out, dig up, learn of or about; detect, descry, notice, espy, perceive, discern, Inf. spot, Sl. pick up; pitch on or upon, think of, get into one's head, come up with, dream up, hatch, concoct.

9. suit, fit, befit; dovetail with, square with, tally with, meet, correspond with, coincide with; blend in with, harmonize with, jibe with, agree with; accord, please, appeal to, delight, gratify, tickle.

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10. collision, impact, crash, clash, bang, bump, thud, thump; blow, bastinado, punch, box, knockout, Both Boxing. left, right, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North Eng. paik, Inf. wallop, Inf. whomp, Both Brit. Dial. yerk, douse, Sl. conk, Sl. hash, U.S. Sl. biff, Sl. bop; buffet, cuff, strike, hit, thwack, slap, smack, Inf. whack, Inf. clout.

11. attack, assailment, abuse, vituperation, revile-ment, belaboring; criticism, stricture, castigation, animadversion, Inf. knock, Inf. slam; censuring, condemnation, reprehension; vilification, aspersion, traduce-ment, calumniation, calumny, obloquy, slur, slap in the face; maligning, defamation, denigration, slander, libel, Inf. backbiting; scorn, derision, insult, ridicule, sneer, scoff, jeer, Sl. put-down; mockery, satire, lampoon, pasquinade.

12. sarcasm, gibe, taunt, wipe, dig, cut; retort, repartee, riposte, counterstroke, Sl. comeback.

13. success, winner, sensation, attraction, best seller, sellout, box office, Inf. smash; coup, triumph, victory, stroke of genius, master stroke, Fr. coup de maitre, Inf. ten-strike, Inf. trump card; lucky stroke or venture, piece of good luck or fortune.