downstrike
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A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
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A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
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A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
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A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
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(electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
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A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
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A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
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A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
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To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
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To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
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(of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
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To move downward in a striking motion.
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To go in a downward direction.
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To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
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(masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
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To strike from above.
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downward or further down.
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In a downward direction
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