strike at the heart of

verb

To attack the central or most important part of (something).

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Meanings

verbstrike at the heart of (third-person singular simple present strikes at the heart of, present participle striking at the heart of, simple past and past participle struck at the heart of)

present singular third person strikes at the heart of · participle present striking at the heart of · participle past struck at the heart of · past struck at the heart of

  1. To attack the central or most important part of (something).

    Beeching's proposals struck at the heart of the railway industry's ethos and what it meant to be a railway worker.

    2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38
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APA

strike at the heart of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20at%20the%20heart%20of

MLA

“strike at the heart of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20at%20the%20heart%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strike at the heart of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20at%20the%20heart%20of.

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