strike hard
Verb
Meaning
deliver a sharp blow or push
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Examples
He knocked the glass clear across the room
Likewise, the springs on the firing pins would not strike hard enough to fire the round, or would jam.
Many condemned the sentence as too lenient. citation Theary Seng responded: "We hoped this tribunal would strike hard at impunity, but if you can kill 14,000 people and serve only 19 years – 11 hours per life taken – what is that?
Though less prominent on the national agenda, the persecution of Falun Gong has carried on after Jiang was retired; successive, high-level "strike hard" campaigns against Falun Gong were initiated in both 2008 and 2009.