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Definitions from Wiktionary (downstrike)

noun:  A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
noun:  (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
noun:  A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
noun:  A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
noun:  A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
noun:  A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
noun:  A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
noun:  A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
verb:  To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
verb:  To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
verb:  (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
verb:  To strike from above.
verb:  To move downward in a stiking motion.
verb:  To go in a downward direction.
verb:  (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
verb:  To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
adjective:  downward or further down.
adverb:  In a downward direction

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