strike.

To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

Please strike the last sentence.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To hit.

Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.  A bullet struck him.  The ship struck a reef.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To manufacture, as by stamping.

We will strike a medal in your honour.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.

The ship struck in the night.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.

The clock struck twelve.  The drums strike up a march.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.

to strike a light

To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To cause to ignite by friction.

to strike a match

To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.

A tree strikes its roots deep.

To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To punish; to afflict; to smite.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To carry out a violent or illegal action.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.

The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To impinge upon.

The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda.  Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To impress, seem or appear to (a person).

Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To create an impression.

The news struck a sombre chord.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To score a goal.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.

to strike the mind with surprise;  to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.

The proposed plan strikes me favourably.

I was struck dumb with astonishment.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.

To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.

To touch; to act by appulse.

To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.

To take down, especially in the following contexts. To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)

To take down, especially in the following contexts. To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.

The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!

To take down, especially in the following contexts. To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.

The workers striked for better wages.

To take down, especially in the following contexts. To quit (one's job).

To take down, especially in the following contexts. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).

To take down, especially in the following contexts. To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).

To set off on a walk or trip.

They struck off along the river.

To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.

to strike into reputation;  to strike into a run

To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.

To make and ratify; to reach; to find.

to strike a bargain, deal or agreement

to strike a compromise

To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.

to strike gold

To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.

To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.

My eye struck a strange word in the text.  They soon struck the trail.

To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.

To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

To apply or rub in liniment or ointment; to anoint.

To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.

To balance (a ledger or account).

To become saturated with salt.

To run, or fade in colour.

To do menial work for an officer.

A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.

The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.

A blow or application of physical force against something.

An attack, not necessarily physical.

air strike; first strike

In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.

An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.

The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.

The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.

An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.

Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.

a strike of malt; a strike of coin

Excellence; quality.

An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

A puddler's stirrer.

The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.

The discovery of a source of something.

The strike plate of a door.

A nibble on the bait by a fish.

A cancellation postmark.

An imperfect matrix for type.