WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strike home
    v 1: refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this
         message hits home!" [syn: hit home, strike home,
         strike a chord, strike a note]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "strike home":
   affect, come home to, evoke a response, get a reaction,
   get a response, hit, hit a nerve, hit home, hit the mark, impress,
   impress forcibly, make an impression, ring a bell, rock, sink in,
   smite, strike, strike fire, strike hard, tell, traumatize