Verb
To enter suddenly or with force.
To enter or add to a conversation; to say (something) by way of interruption or addition to a conversation.
Synonyms: break in, interpose
(obsolete) To take action; to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
Synonyms: intervene, step in
(obsolete) To ally oneself (with someone), to take (someone's) side.
Synonyms: join, side
(obsolete) To be or act in harmony (with something).
Synonyms: accord, agree, conform
Why, one wonders, does lightning strike in one place rather than another? Patrick Modiano
I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice.... sure it does... but only if you're too dumb to move. Jodi Picoult
I do not believe that people who go on strike in this country have a legitimate cause. Throughout the period of the Labour Government and this one, I have never supported any strikes in this country. Margaret Thatcher
Dean Swift's rule is as good for women as for men - never to talk above a half minute without pausing, and giving others an opportunity to strike in. Sydney Smith
I didn't call for a ballot at the start of the miners' strike in 1984. I'll regret that until my dying day. Neil Kinnock
The real question was, here we had this information, Bin Laden intends to strike in the United States. We knew they had struck before in 1993 at the World Trade Center in the first bombing of the trade center. Richard Ben-Veniste