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Sentence count:287+66Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: batclouthitjabknockrebelrevoltsmackwhackAntonym: ballSimilar words: strikingstripstringstrictstrictlydistrictrestrictdistributeMeaning: [straɪk]  n. 1. a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions 2. an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective 3. (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders 4. a gentle blow 5. a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball 6. a conspicuous success. v. 1. hit against; come into sudden contact with 2. deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon 3. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon 4. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target 5. indicate (a certain time) by striking 6. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely 7. stop work in order to press demands 8. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly 9. attain 10. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically 11. cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp 12. find unexpectedly 13. produce by ignition or a blow 14. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line 15. cause to experience suddenly 16. drive something violently into a location 17. occupy or take on 18. form by stamping, punching, or printing 19. smooth with a strickle 20. pierce with force 21. arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing. 
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91) Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
92) Rural areas have been worst hit by the strike.
93) The miners have come out on strike.
94) Hospital workers voted in favour of strike action .
95) The workers balloted for a strike.
96) The house was damaged in an air strike.
97) There were mixed reactions to the strike.
98) Please strike my name from your mailing list immediately.
99) This rail strike is a bloody nuisance.
100) Busmen have decided to go on strike next week.
101) She heard the clock strike midnight.
102) His spirits sagged after that strike.
103) Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike.
104) I had visions of us going on strike.
105) The Union schismatized in this strike.
106) They voted to cease strike action immediately.
107) The strike has thrown back production badly.
108) The airport is still paralysed by the strike.
109) It took thirty-five seconds for the hour to strike.
110) The Royal Mint will strike a commemorative gold coin.
111) The army was used to help break the strike.
112) The church clock began to strike twelve.
113) The strike has once again reached stalemate.
114) You are talking a strike,aren't you?
115) The workers answered by calling a strike.
116) In November the strike finally collapsed.
117) They blacklegged in the last strike.
118) In many countries(sentencedict .com), the police are forbidden to strike.
119) His stupid remarks triggered off a strike.
120) Union members served strike notice late last night.
More similar words: strikingstripstringstrictstrictlydistrictrestrictdistributeindustrialrestrictionThe last ritesdistributionbikehikelikelikelyunlikefeel likeunlikelyand the likelikewiselikelihoodsomething liketrimtribetricktrialtribalget rid oftrigger
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