striking

/ˈstrī-kiŋ/

adjective

  1. attracting attention or notice through unusual or conspicuous qualities

a place of striking beauty

noticeable remarkable prominent outstanding conspicuous salient striking mean attracting notice or attention. noticeable applies to something unlikely to escape observation. remarkable applies to something so extraordinary or exceptional as to invite comment.

verb

  1. to take a course : go

  2. to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a weapon, or a tool)

  3. to arrive with detrimental effect

struck off through the brush

affect influence touch impress strike sway mean to produce or have an effect upon. affect implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction. influence implies a force that brings about a change (as in nature or behavior).

noun

  1. a distance from which something can be easily reached or attained

almost within striking distance of their goal