Synonym: bat, clout, hit, jab, knock, rebel, revolt, smack, whack. Antonym: ball. Similar words: striking, strip, string, strict, strictly, district, restrict, distribute. Meaning: [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.
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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121) The miners' strike is really starting to bite.
122) The low wage had warmed the worker to strike.
123) The chapel voted against a strike.
124) The strike soon spread to other cities.
125) The general strike by ship builders resurged in 1947.
126) The umpire called the pitch a strike.
127) The public sympathized with the miners' strike.
128) That strike finally toppled the government.
129) The snake coiled, ready to strike.
130) The strike was solid, supported by all the members.
131) The strike has led to inordinate delays.
132) Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry.
133) The strike appeared to have reached deadlock.
134) Production ground to a halt during the strike.
135) The airport was in chaos during the strike.
136) He made as if to strike her.
137) The farm workers' strike is in its third week.
138) After a ruinous strike, the union caved in.
139) The factory machines lay idle during the workers' strike.
140) He incited the workforce to come out on strike.
141) Public attitudes to the strike have hardened.
142) Train services have returned to normal after the strike.
143) The union has signalled the workers' intention to strike.
144) Their purpose was to call a general strike.
145) There has been strong support for the strike.
146) About 60 prisoners have gone on hunger strike.
147) She found a chance to strike at Cage.
148) The strike continued for several days.
149) Prison officers are threatening to take strike action.
150) They argued for the right to strike.
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