The incident dealt a heavy blow to the company.
彼は頭に強い打撃を受けて倒れた。
He received a strong blow to the head and collapsed.
Baseball term for batting or hitting. Used in phrases like 打撃練習 (batting practice) or 打撃成績 (batting record).
彼は打撃が得意な選手だ。
He is a player who excels at batting.
The typhoon dealt a heavy blow to agriculture.
The company suffered a serious blow from the recession.
The local economy is gradually recovering from the disaster's blow.
That single win struck a blow against the opposing team.
打撃 is the broader word for a blow or damage (physical or economic), while 直撃 specifically stresses that the thing itself was hit head-on by something.
打撃 means a blow or impact and can be used figuratively (e.g. financial damage), while 殴打 refers strictly to physically striking a person.
打撃 is a broader word for an impact or blow (physical or figurative, including damage), whereas 一撃 specifically means one single strike.
batting average
batting champion