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direct hit

NounSuru VerbTransitive VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

1. direct hit

A noun and する-verb meaning to hit something directly and squarely, without anything deflecting or softening the impact. It is used for physical strikes, natural disasters hitting a target, or criticism aimed directly at someone.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

"Did that rock hit the car?"

Sentence 2

I think it was probably a branch hitting the roof directly.

Sentence 3

The new system outage hit the call center hard.

Sentence 4

A paper cup came flying out of nowhere and smacked me right in the cheek!

Sentence 5

The snowball I threw by chance hit the teacher dead on!