the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows			[verb (intransitive)]		 > succeed in striking (3)		
absol. or intransitive. To give a blow or blows; to strike with something in hand or with a missile.
(See home, adv. 4) intransitive. To make an effective stroke or thrust with a weapon or tool. Said also of a weapon or stroke.
Of a punch, blow, etc.: to hit, to reach its target. Const. with and absol.