| ADJECTIVE | all | striking, dramatic, spectacular | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect |
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| all | striking, outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | |
| NOUN | event | striking, contact, impinging | the physical coming together of two or more things |
| act | striking, hit, hitting | the act of contacting one thing with another |
| Sounds | stray'kihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect. | |
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| Example | "his striking good looks always created a sensation" | |
| Synonyms | dramatic, spectacular | |
| Broader | impressive | making a strong or vivid impression |
| Spanish | asombroso, dramático, espectacular, impresionante | |
| Catalan | dramàtic, espectacular, impressionant | |
| Nouns | strikingness | the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly |
| Adverbs | strikingly | in a striking manner |
| Meaning | Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. | |
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| Synonyms | outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular | |
| Broader | conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind |
| Spanish | conspicuo, destacado, espectacular, prominente, saliente, sorprendente | |
| Catalan | destacat, espectacular, prominent, sorprenent | |
| Nouns | strikingness | the state of being salient |
| Meaning | The physical coming together of two or more things. | |
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| Synonyms | contact, impinging | |
| Narrower | collision, hit | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together |
| engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking | contact by fitting together | |
| flick | A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible) | |
| impact | The striking of one body against another | |
| touch, touching | The event of something coming in contact with the body / body | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | contacto, fricción, roce, toque | |
| Catalan | contacte, fregadís, fregament, fricció, toc | |
| Verbs | strike | hit against |
| Meaning | The act of contacting one thing with another. | |
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| Synonyms | hit, hitting | |
| Narrower | bunt | (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat |
| contusion | The action of bruising | |
| crash, smash | The act of colliding with something | |
| fly, fly ball | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air | |
| grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | |
| header | (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head | |
| plunk, plunker | (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly | |
| scorcher, screamer | A very hard hit ball | |
| Broader | touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
| Spanish | apaleamiento, golpeo | |
| Verbs | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
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