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strike at the heart of

strike at the heart of verb: to attack the central or most important part of (something).

Verb

strike at the heart of (third-person singular simple present strikes at the heart of, present participle striking at the heart of, simple past and past participle struck at the heart of)

  1. To attack the central or most important part of (something).
    • Beeching's proposals struck at the heart of the railway industry's ethos and what it meant to be a railway worker.2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38

Forms of strike at the heart of

third-person singular presentstrikes at the heart of
present participlestriking at the heart of
past participlestruck at the heart of
paststruck at the heart of

Questions about strike at the heart of

What does strike at the heart of mean?
Strike at the heart of means to attack the central or most important part of (something).
What part of speech is strike at the heart of?
Strike at the heart of is a verb.
What is the past tense of strike at the heart of?
The past tense of strike at the heart of is struck at the heart of.

Words near strike at the heart of in the dictionary

  1. strike a lead
  2. strike a light
  3. strike a medium
  4. strike a nerve
  5. strike a stroke
  6. strike at the heart of
  7. strike back
  8. strike bowler
  9. strike bowlers
  10. strike breaking
  11. strike camp

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