HITS

Cause to move by striking

Example: "Hit a ball"

• impel  9
• propel  10

• play  9
• foul  7
• cannon  8
• clap  8
• • ground out
  • toe  3
  • shank  12
  • pitch  12
  • fly  9
  • snap  6
  • whang  12
  • undercut  11
  • putt  6
  • heel  7
  • toe  3
  • bunker  12
  • bounce  10
  • backhand  20
  • pop  7
  • shell  8
  • ground  8
  • top  5
  • pull  6
  • connect  11
  • drive  9
  • drive  9
  • hole  7
  • hole out
  • bunt  6
  • drag a bunt
  • snick  11
  • racket  12
  • carry  10
  • dribble  12
  • slice  7
  • hook  11
  • single  7
  • double  9
  • triple  8
  • smash  10
  • shoot  8
  • volley  12
  • croquet  18
  • loft  7
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Hit against; come into sudden contact with

Example: "The car hit a tree"

• collide with
• impinge on
• run into
• strike  10

• touch  10

• stub  6
• ping  7
• spang  8
• rear-end
• • broadside  13
  • connect  11
  • spat  6
  • thud  8
  • bottom  10
  • bottom out
  • bump  10
  • knock  15
  • bump into
  • butt against
  • jar against
  • knock against
  • run into
  • clash  10
  • collide  10
  • glance  9
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• miss  6

Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

Example: "He hit her hard in the face"

• touch  10

• clap  8
• slam  6
• lace into
• lam into
• • lay into
  • pitch into
  • tear into
  • kick  14
  • swipe  10
  • smite  7
  • hook  11
  • swat  7
  • bash  9
  • bonk  10
  • bop  7
  • sock  10
  • whap  12
  • whop  12
  • bean  6
  • pop  7
  • catch  12
  • get  4
  • conk  10
  • cosh  9
  • brain  7
  • blast  7
  • boom  8
  • nail  4
  • smash  10
  • sandbag  11
  • stun  4
  • bat  5
  • bat  5
  • bat  5
  • cut  5
  • poke  10
  • pound  8
  • thump  12
  • smack  13
  • thwack  18
  • belt  6
  • plug  7
  • punch  12
  • slog  5
  • slug  5
  • swig  8
  • wallop  11
  • whack  17
  • wham  12
  • whop  12
  • biff  12
  • pommel  12
  • pummel  12
  • buff  12
  • buffet  14
  • box  12
  • bludgeon  12
  • club  8
  • cudgel  10
  • fustigate  13
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Reach a destination, either real or abstract

Example: "We hit detroit by noon"

• arrive at
• attain  6
• gain  5
• make  10
• reach  10

• catch up
• scale  7
• surmount  10
• access  10
• • get at
  • bottom out
  • peak  10
  • top out
  • summit  10
  • top  5
  • make  10
  • find  8
  • culminate  13
  • come through
  • get through
  • ground  8
  • run aground
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Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

Example: "We were hit by really bad weather"

• strike  10

Hit with a missile from a weapon

• pip  7
• shoot  8

• injure  13
• wound  9

• gun down
• grass  6
• kneecap  15

Encounter by chance

Example: "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

• stumble  11

Cause to experience suddenly

Example: "Panic struck me"

• come to
• strike  10

Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

Example: "The germans struck poland on sept. 1, 1939"

• strike  10

• assail  6
• attack  12

• slice  7
• chop  11
• retaliate  9
• strike back

Kill intentionally and with premeditation

Example: "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

• bump off
• dispatch  16
• off  9
• polish off
• remove  11
• slay  7

• burke  11
• execute  16

Drive something violently into a location

Example: "He hit his fist on the table"

• strike  10

• displace  13
• move  9

• smash  10

Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

Example: "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"

• attain  6
• reach  10

• arrive  9
• come  8
• get  4

• max out
• break even

Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

Example: "The pianist strikes a middle c"

• strike  10

Hit the intended target or goal

Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

Example: "He tries to hit on women in bars"