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strike back
  • v  make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
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stridulate
  • v  make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
    male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate
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strike a chord
  • v  create an emotional response
  • v  refer to or be relevant or familiar to
  • v  evoke a reaction, response, or emotion
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stretch out
  • v  extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
  • v  lie down comfortably
  • v  thrust or extend out
  • v  extend one's body or limbs
  • v  stretch (the neck) so as to see better
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strew
  • v  spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
    strew toys all over the carpet
  • v  cover; be dispersed over
    Dead bodies strewed the ground
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strike down
  • v  declare null and void; make ineffective
  • v  cause to die, especially suddenly
  • v  cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
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strike hard
  • v  deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
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strike out
  • v  remove from a list
  • v  put out or be put out by a strikeout
  • v  be unsuccessful in an endeavor
  • v  make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body
  • v  cause to get out
  • v  set out on a course of action
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string out
  • v  set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
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string up
  • v  kill by hanging
  • v  add as if on a string
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strip-search
  • v  search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes
    He was strip-searched at the airport
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