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Meaning of striking


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  striking
      adj 1: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a
             dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular
             display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play";
             "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
             [syn: {dramatic}, {spectacular}, {striking}]
      2: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
         outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti
         semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own
         freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the
         book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a
         striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros
         in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and
         child" [syn: {outstanding}, {prominent}, {salient},
         {spectacular}, {striking}]
      n 1: the physical coming together of two or more things;
           "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" [syn:
           {contact}, {impinging}, {striking}]
      2: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated
         hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she
         finally got a hit" [syn: {hit}, {hitting}, {striking}]


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