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We think the answer is "HITS" which means:

noun
• • (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
• • The act of contacting one thing with another
• • A conspicuous success
• • (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
• • A dose of a narcotic drug
• • A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
• • A connection made via the internet to another website
verb
• • Cause to move by striking
• • Hit against; come into sudden contact with
• • Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
• • Reach a destination, either real or abstract
• • Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
• • Hit with a missile from a weapon
• • Encounter by chance
• • Cause to experience suddenly
• • Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
• • Kill intentionally and with premeditation
• • Drive something violently into a location
• • Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
• • Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
• • Hit the intended target or goal
• • Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

An example sentence would be:

• • "The baseball player had three hits in the game."
• • "The car suffered several hits from rocks on the rough road."

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