strike at the heart of

strike at the heart of something

to damage something severely by attacking the most important part of it The recent recession has struck at the heart of industrial development.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Daniil	dah-nee-EEL	Russian
Zaynab	-	Arabic
Leonid	lye-ah-NEET (Russian), lee-ah-NEET (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Madeleine	ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)	French, English, Swedish
Karthik	-	Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam
Domnall	-	Scottish, Irish