Verb

1. Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
2. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
3. Hit against; come into sudden contact with
4. Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
5. Indicate (a certain time) by striking
6. Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
7. Stop work in order to press demands
8. Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
9. Attain
10. Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
11. Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
12. Find unexpectedly
13. Produce by ignition or a blow
14. Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
15. Cause to experience suddenly
16. Drive something violently into a location
17. Occupy or take on
18. Form by stamping, punching, or printing
19. Smooth with a strickle
20. Pierce with force
21. Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing