Direct
Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.
Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They have to knock over a flying saucer that's nearly impossible to hit and a direct hit can't knock down.
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But just as it seems noone can hit the side of a space barn, the space lord scores a direct space hit on our space heroes' space generator!
- In both games, sniper rifle headshots, torque bow shot impalements, and Boomshot (grenade launcher) direct hits all are one hit kills.
Source: One Hit Kill / Video Games
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Hit and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/hit
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