strike repeatedly
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently many times
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Examples (10)
- The blacksmith struck the hot iron repeatedly with his heavy hammer.
- Lightning struck the same tall tree repeatedly during the violent storm.
- The boxer managed to strike his opponent repeatedly in the final round.
- Powerful waves struck the shore repeatedly, slowly eroding the cliffs.
- The victim testified that the assailant struck her repeatedly before fleeing.
- The attacker struck the wooden door repeatedly with a heavy iron axe.
- Small meteors strike the moon's surface repeatedly every single day.
- He struck the match repeatedly against the box until it finally caught fire.
- The frightened snake struck repeatedly at the glass of its enclosure.
- Soldiers were ordered to strike the enemy base repeatedly until they surrendered.