strike on/upon

phrasal verb

struck on/upon; struck on/upon also stricken on/upon; striking on/upon

: to find or discover (something) especially suddenly

He struck on an idea for his novel.

They struck upon a salt mine.

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Palestinian officials said an Israeli drone strike on Saturday hit a clinic in northern Gaza where children were being vaccinated for polio, wounding six people, including four children. —

Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024 Israel also launched a retaliatory strike on Iran last week targeting military bases and weapons production. —

Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024 Among the casualties, another 10 died in a separate strike on a car in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza near the border with Egypt. —

Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 On October 31, Russia launched a missile strike on the only bridge connecting the southern parts of the region to the rest of the country. —

Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strike on/upon

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