strike with

strike (someone or something) with (something)

1. Literally, to use some instrument to hit or smash into someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "strike" and "on." The child struck her dad with the toy hammer just like she saw in the cartoon. The driver struck the building with his car at nearly 60 miles per hour. The defendant was struck with rocks and rotting produce as he left the courtroom this afternoon.
2. To overwhelm someone or something with some sudden and powerful ailment, impairment, or emotion. Often used in passive constructions. The announcement struck us with shock and bewilderment, though those two emotions were soon replaced with anger and sadness. He's been stricken with a debilitating disease of the immune system for the last five years. The stock market was stricken with a severe downturn over the weekend following speculation of the country's exit from the customs union.
See also: strike
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

strike someone or something with something

to hit someone or something with something. Max struck Lefty with his fist. The mayor struck the table with his fist.
See also: strike
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

strike with

v.
1. To afflict someone or something suddenly with some disease or impairment. Used chiefly in the passive: That doctor treats patients who are stricken with cancer.
2. To cause someone to be overcome with some emotion. Used chiefly in the passive: She was struck with alarm at the news. The sight of the ghost struck him with terror.
See also: strike
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • spiff up
  • spiffed up
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)
  • angle
  • angling
  • piece out
References in periodicals archive
We studied the impact of a health professionals' 20-day strike in Polokwane Hospital, and compared performance indicators during the strike with a non-striking period.
Impact of 20-day strike in Polokwane Hospital (18 August-6 September 2010)
HPS demonstrates that batters are more likely to get a hit off a strike with two strikes than other counts.
Batting average by count and pitch type: fact and fallacy
Employers may respond to a strike with an "intertemporal substitution" of production--rushing production in anticipation of a strike and restocking following the strike.
Productivity effects of strikes in struck and nonstruck industries
And while most people remember the question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?" few recall that it was precede"Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Writers Guild?" Given this rocky history one can see why the writers went into last summer's strike with clenched fists.
The making of the Hollywood working class; how the writers' strike drove the Jaguar owners to the barricades