1 to hit

2 to strike

3 to attack

4 to crack down on sth

5 blow

6 (psychological) shock

7 percussion (music)

1 to touch

2 to contact

3 access

4 in touch with

1 to defeat

2 to beat

1 invulnerable

1 to slap

2 to smack

3 to punch

1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible

2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat

2 to egg people on or to call them back

1 to make insinuations

2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

2 portentous signs

1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

2 portentous signs