Make
Make verb - To go on a specified course or in a certain direction.
Usage example: the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug
Strike
Strike verb - Produce by ignition or a blow.
Usage example: strike a match
How words are described
| good | good make | good strike |
| physical | physical make | physical strike |
| particular | particular make | particular strike |
| direct | direct make | direct strike |
| Other adjectives: complete, single, simple, powerful, actual, real, large, big, great, huge, major, possible, blind, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the Dresden Files book Changes, Dresden's strike force was attempting to make a stealthy approach to Chichen Itza by way of the jungle.
Source: So Much for Stealth -
He belongs to the Moon Tree guild which forbids him to make the first strike in PKing, so he taunts people, trying to make them strike first, before he retaliates, citing self-defense.
Source: I Shall Taunt You - She follows him into the restroom, she has sex with him, and then she says that's strike one against him because she had to make the first move.
Source: Roger Ebert Most Hated Film List
Cite this Source
Strike and Make. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/strike
Make & Strike. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/strike>.
Strike or Make. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/strike.
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