mindmap root((打击)) strike basically may imply the aiming and dealing of a blow with the hand or with a weapon or tool and usually with moderate or heavy force: ~ a nail with a hammer. hit is likely to stress the impact of the blow or the reacting of the target aimed at: ~ a snake with a stick. smite somewhat rhetoric and bookish, is likely to stress the injuriousness and destructiveness of the contact and to suggest such motivations as hot anger or a desire for a vengeance: fell as if ~ten by a heavy blow. slap primarily applies to a striking with the open hand and implies a sharp or stinging blow with or as if with the palm of the hand: waves ~ped against the boat. swat suggests a forceful slapping blow with an instrument such as a flyswatter or a bat: ~ a baseball out of the ballpark. punch implies a quick sharp blow with or as if with the fist: ~ a man in the nose.