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1. ( meteorologyand fire science) n. A lightningbolt that touches the ground or a grounded object, (a common cause of wildland fires). v. Touch the ground as a lightning bolt.
2. (typing, keyboarding, and music) n. The action of pressing a key on the keyboard of a typewriter or keyboard instrument. v. Strike a keyboard key. adj. The kind of typewriterthat has a mechanical keyboard, which requires strong downstrikes upon the keys.
3. (warfare) n. A downward chopping attack in hand-to-hand meleeor combat.
4. ( music) n. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument. v. Pluckdownward.
5. (music) proper noun; the name of at least three different newly formed garage bands in the eastern United States of Americasince 2002.
6. (geography and geology) n. A downward direction.
7. (sport fishing and fishing industry) n. A downward tug on a fishing line. v. Tug downward on a fishing line as a fish, or as a prank played upon a fellow fisherman who has fallen asleep.
8. (cyberculture) proper noun; me.
1. There's a smoke column where that downstrike hit.
2. I used to have a downstrike typewriter.
3. Comments mentioning downstrikes on the Internet used to be about using battle axes; now they're about using light sabers.
4. It's a note, not a chord; just downstrike.
5. With three bands named Downstrike, at least one of them should be good.
6. The fault is downstrike from the ridge.
7. That downstrike is what I'm waiting for.
8. Typewriters and rock bands come and go, but when you Googledownstrike I'm at the top of the results.
See downstrike, lightning, lightning bolt, typing, keyboard, typewriter, combat, melee, pluck, strike, band, rock band, fish, geography, geology, battle axe, light saber, play, note
