Rising
Strike
Strike noun - A work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- When the Zandatsu prompt comes up for the Final Boss of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, you have to repeatedly strike him until the game tells you otherwise.
Source: Once Is Not Enough - This is very prominent in the Cave of Wonders, where if you jump for one of the rising platforms too late and strike the lava underneath, you'll be bounced right up onto the platform and only lose a single heart.
Source: Knockback -
However, even heroes favored by the gods are at risk of rising too high and succumbing to hybris, and every character in Atlantis has a dark fate hanging over them like a Sword of Damocles, waiting to strike them down should they fail to achieve their rightful destiny.
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