Drop
Drop noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.
Usage example: got the drop on his opponent very early in the wrestling match
Strike
Strike noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: kids born into poverty already have a strike against them
How words are described
| good | good drop | good strike |
| full | full drop | full strike |
| normal | normal drop | normal strike |
| original | original drop | original strike |
| Other adjectives: initial, single, strong, actual, massive, large, big, huge, major, possible, final, deadly, fatal, lethal, extra, aerial, last, sudden, stealth, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Also, Flying Snow challenges Broken Sword to a duel, only for him to drop his sword instead of parrying her strike.
Source: Duel to the Death -
The same strike is used during her desperation move in 2 and 3 and also, she can use an aerial butt drop against a downed opponent, but only in 2.
Source: Ass Kicks You - Kofi Kingston- Slingshot forearm, double open handed strike, jumping forearm, boom drop, trouble in paradise.
Source: Five Moves of Doom
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