Strike

"Strike" in French

coup

(physical blow)

frappe

(physical blow)

grève

(work stoppage)

strike

(in bowling)

affaler

(nautical: to take down)

amener

(nautical: to surrender)

baisser pavillon

(nautical: to surrender)

barrer

(to delete)

battre

(to hit)

battre

(to cause to sound by one or more beats)

biffer

(to delete)

faire grève

(to stop working as a form of protest)

frapper

(to hit)

frapper

(intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust)

frapper

(to manufacture by stamping)

frapper

((figurative) to impinge upon)

frapper

(to impress, seem, appear)

frapper

(to create an impression)

frapper

(to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion)

rayer

(to delete)

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