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To come into contact with forcefully; strike: The car hit the guardrail.
(verb-transitive)
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To reach with or as if with a blow: The bullet hit the police officer in the shoulder.
(verb-transitive)
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To cause to come into contact: She hit her hand against the wall.
(verb-transitive)
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To deal a blow to.
(verb-transitive)
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To strike with a missile: fired and hit the target.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.