Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Strikes
Both words in one sentence
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A large and fearsome animal heeds his call for aid, and its appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his would-be captors.
Source: Literature / The Graveyard Book -
Tim Curry strikes in the Batman Beyond episode "The Final Cut": Batman comes to the aid of Society of Assassins member Mutro Botha, who speaks with an unmistakably... foreign accent.
Source: What the Hell Is That Accent? - With the aid of this band of warrior Scots, Jonnie leads a daring attack that simultaneously strikes at the Psychlo homeworld even as it crushes the alien occupiers.That's the first third or so of the book.
Source: Literature / Battlefield Earth
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Strikes or Aid. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aid/strikes.
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