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striking

• (s) 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
  spectacular, dramatic,
• (s) 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
  prominent, salient, outstanding, spectacular,

Nouns

• (n) the physical coming together of two or more things
  • contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
  impinging, contact,
• (n) the act of contacting one thing with another
  • repeated hitting raised a large bruise
  • after three misses she finally got a hit
  hitting, hit,

Synonyms

impinging contact spectacular dramatic prominent salient outstanding hitting hit

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