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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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151) Workers had been out on strike for 8 months.
152) Police fear that the killer may strike again.
153) The employers have not broken the dockers' strike.
154) The strike caused total paralysis in the city.
155) All these circumstances looked to a great strike.
156) The six-month strike seemed to be petering out.
157) They decided to strike to force the management's hand.
158) The country was in turmoil during the strike.
159) It looks as if there will be a strike.
160) We will strike the town tomorrow.
161) The miners ended their year-long strike in March 1985.
162) The strike brought industry grinding to a halt.
163) Teachers have lifted their threat of strike action.
164) Staff at the hospital went on strike in protest at the incidents.
165) Strike action should be regarded as a last resort, when all attempts to negotiate have failed.
166) The strike affecting the country's largest airline is producing easy pickings for smaller companies.
167) They were warned that they risked dismissal if the strike continued.
168) The police have warned the public that the killer could strike again.
169) The union needs to retain the allegiance of all its members for the strike to succeed.
170) Telephone operators joined the strike and four million engineering workers are also planning action.
171) The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.
172) After the postal strike there was a huge backlog of undelivered mail.
173) Miners in Zambia's northern copper belt have gone on strike.
174) I joined the workers on strike and was rapped over the knuckles.
175) The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858.
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176) It is thought that the strike was the work of undercover political agitators.
177) I still aim to strike a happy medium between producing football that's worth watching and getting results.
178) Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory.
179) The bus service has returned to normal after the strike.
180) The five hunger strikers in London called off their strike and celebrated the good news.
More similar words: strikingstripstringstrictstrictlydistrictrestrictdistributeindustrialrestrictionThe last ritesdistributionbikehikelikelikelyunlikefeel likeunlikelyand the likelikewiselikelihoodsomething liketrimtribetricktrialtribalget rid oftrigger
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