Fall and Strike

good	good fall	good strike
normal	normal fall	normal strike
complete	complete fall	complete strike
original	original fall	original strike
Other adjectives: initial, single, simple, actual, massive, large, big, great, huge, general, final, deadly, fatal, lethal, inevitable, impending, last, sudden, planned, aforementioned.

Common collocations

woman	fall woman	strike woman
people	fall people	strike people
balance	fall balance	strike balance
match	fall match	strike match
Other words: point, someone, deal, time, way, head, opponent, enemy, times.

Some suits of armor in Resident Evil 4 will strike at the player when they come into range, and fall into pieces after the attack.

Source: Animated Armor
If you fall from too low, you naturally won't strike the ground with enough force to injure yourself; if you fall from too high, you're more likely to be rescued than to actually hit the ground.

Source: Catch a Falling Star
However, they fall into Awesome, but Impractical for several reasons: They're usually ridiculously expensive, can only move with a certain facing at any one time, and without a crew they are useless as attack units and vulnerable to getting shot to pieces before having the chance to strike.

Source: Giant Enemy Crab

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