to hit [v STRUCK or (obsolete) STROOK, STRACK, STRAK, STROOKE or STRAKE, STRICKEN or STROOKEN or STRUCKEN or STROKEN, STRIKING, STRIKES]
to hit forcibly [v STRICKEN, STRICKEN, STRIKES, STRIKING, STROOK, STRUCK, STRUCKEN, STRUCKEN] : STRIKINGLY [adv]