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# How to pronounce "downstrike" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/dɒwnstræɪk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **dow·nstrike**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
  - *Example*: "Seventeen hundred downstrikes of lightning later, destruction reigns over southwest Oregon."
- A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
  - *Example*: "Besides forming new cores, arcs may also form branches, and "downstrikes" are liable to be particularly troublesome."

### VERB
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
  - *Example*: "Nearly twenty years have elapsed since my friend was downstruck by his attack."
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
  - *Example*: "Did you imagine us bigguns your servants, mebbe, or some such downstruck types?' 'Nobody were downstruck there. They were all with telling me what to do."

### ADJECTIVE
- downward or further down.
  - *Example*: "The Earlies Gap Biotite Gneiss may therefore indicate a downstrike lithologic change resulting from original variations of the protolith and from a more thorough."

### ADVERB
- In a downward direction
  - *Example*: "Amal supracrustals and other rocks were traced from the syncline core to the rest of Magnusson's (1960) 'Gothian' area and thence downstrike across the alleged Gothian-Pregothian boundary into the 'Pregothian' region."

### Example Sentences
- "Seventeen hundred downstrikes of lightning later, destruction reigns over southwest Oregon."
- "Besides forming new cores, arcs may also form branches, and "downstrikes" are liable to be particularly troublesome."

## Video Examples

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## How to Pronounce "downstrike"

- **Syllables**: dow · nstrike
- **IPA**: `/dɒwnstræɪk/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[downstrikes](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/downstrikes), [downstriking](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/downstriking)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “downstrike”?
“downstrike” is pronounced /dɒwnstræɪk/ (dow · nstrike). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.

### How many syllables are in “downstrike”?
“downstrike” has 2 syllables: dow · nstrike.

### What does “downstrike” mean?
A bolt of lightning that touches ground.


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