strike

transitive verb
The young man struck his father.Le jeune homme frappa son père.
A shell struck the control tower.Un obus a frappé la tour de contrôle.
a. cogner
He fell and struck his head on the stone floor.Il tomba et cogna sa tête contre le sol en pierre.
His head struck the bottom of the pool.Sa tête a cogné contre le fond de la piscine.
A powerful earthquake struck the island this morning.Un puissant tremblement de terre a frappé l'île ce matin.
It suddenly struck me that I was wasting my time.L'idée me vint soudain que je perdais mon temps.
She was struck by his eloquence.Elle fut frappée par son éloquence.
intransitive verb
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