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strikesnounpl. of strike a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demandsthe nurses will go on strike tomorrow unless they're finally given a pay raise the act or action of setting upon with force or violencethe first strike was directed at a munitions warehouse aggressions, assaults, attacks, attempts, blitzes, blitzkriegs, charges, coups de main, descents, offenses(or offences), offensives, onsets, onslaughts, raids, rushes ambuscades, ambushescounteraggressions(or counter-aggressions), counterassaults(also counter-assaults), counterattacks(or counter-attacks), counteroffensives, counterstrikes(or counter-strikes)sallies, sortiesenvelopmentsbreakthroughs, forays, incursions, invasionspillages, ravages, sacksair raids, bombardments, bombingssieges, stormsbarrages, cannonades, fusillades, hails, salvos(or salvoes), volleyswhammies defenses, defensives, guards, shieldsoppositions, resistancesprotections, securities, shelters a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving successkids born into poverty already have a strike against them debits, disadvantages, disbenefits, downsides, drawbacks, handicaps, incommodities, liabilities, minuses, negatives albatross(or albatrosses), millstones, strangleholdsdisabilities, impairmentsfailings, shortcomingsbars, catches, checks, clogs, crimps, embarrassments, hindrances, hitches, hurdles, impediments, interferences, lets, manacles, obstacles, obstructions, rubs, shackles, stops, trammels advantages, assets, edges, pluses(also plusses) a forceful coming together of two thingsthe strike of a hammer against a nail always has a satisfying sound when you're building something yourself vantageshead starts, jumps, leads, margins, startsascendancies(also ascendencies), betters, commands, controls, drops, masteries, predominances, superiorities, supremacies, transcendences, upper handsprerogatives, privilegesbreaks, opportunitiesaids, assistances, help bumps, collisions, concussions, crashes, impacts, impingements, jars, jolts, jounces, kicks, shocks, slams, smashes, wallops blows, buffets, hits, knocks, punches, raps, slaps, thumpsbashings, batterings, lickings, thrashingscontacts, encounters, meetings, touches an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of eventsshe's made one strike after another since she began speculating in real estate strikesverbpresent tense third-person singular of striketo refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demandsthe union is calling for its members to strike until the mining company agrees to meet safety standards to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a responsewe were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us affects, impacts, impresses, influences, moves, reaches, sways, tells (on), touches carries away, dazzles, enraptures, enthralls(or enthrals), entrances, ravishes, transportsbiases(or biasses), colorsinspires, stirsengages, interests, involves, penetrates, piercesafflicts, agitates, bothers, concerns, discomforts, discomposes, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, flusters, harasses, harries, perturbs, pesters, plagues, smites, strains, stresses, tries, troubles, upsets, worries, wringsallures, attracts, bewitches, captivates, charms, enchants, fascinates gets to bores, jades, palls, tires, weariesunderwhelms to enter the mind ofit struck her later that no one at the bank had asked for identification comes (to), crosses, dawns (on), occurs (to) recalls, recollects, remembers, reminiscescons, learns, memorizesappears, arrives, emerges, materializes forgets, unlearnsdisregards, ignores, neglects, overlooks to come into usually forceful contact with somethingthe thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot bangs, bashes, bumps, collides, crashes, hits, impacts, impinges, knocks, rams, slams, smashes, swipes, thuds bounces, caroms, clunks, glances, rebounds, ricochets, skims, skipscontacts, lands, touchesbrushes, grazes, kisses, nudges, scrapes, shaves, sweepsbulldozes, jostles, muscles, presses, pushes misses, skirts to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous mannerthe driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear bangs, bashes, bats, belts, biffs, bludgeons, bobs, bonks, bops, boxes, busts, claps, clips, clobbers, clocks, clouts, cracks, hammers, hits, knocks, nails, pastes, pounds, punches, raps, slams, slaps, slogs, slugs, smacks, smites, socks, swats, swipes, tags, thumps, thwacks, wallops, whacks, whales, zaps batters, beats, buffets, bungs, chops, cuffs, drubs, laces, lambastes(or lambasts), licks, mangles, mauls, pelts, peppers, pommels, pummels, roughsscuffsbunts, flicks, strokes, tapsbumps, butts, jabs, jostles, kicks, knees, pokes, prods, pushes, shoves, stampsbowls (down or over), creams, decks, dumps(slang), fells, floors, knocks down, levelsrabbit-punches, sucker punchescanes, clubs, cudgels, flails, flogs, lashes, saps, slashes, sledgehammers, sledges, spears, stabs, switches, thrashes, whipsbeans, brains, conks, skulls hangs one on to take apartthe stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed breaks down, demounts, disassembles, dismantles, dismembers, dismounts, knocks down, takes down detaches, disengagesbreaks up, disaggregates, disarticulates, disconnects, disjoins, disjoints, dissevers, disunites, divides, separates assembles, constructs builds, erects, pitchescombines, unites to take sudden, violent action againsta rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed assails, assaults, attacks, besets, bushwhacks, charges, descends (on or upon), goes in (on), jumps (on), pounces (on or upon), raids, rushes, sets on, sics(also sicks), storms, trashes, turns (on) bum-rushes, gangs up (on), mobs, swarmsmugs, robsambuscades, ambushes, surprises(also surprizes), waylaysblitzes, bombards, bombs, nukesbarrages, cannonades, cannonsbangs away (at), batters, buffets, plastersbeleaguers, besieges, pressesharries, loots, pillages, plunders, ravages, sacksforays, invades, overrunsenvelops, flanks beats up on, flies at, goes at, lights into, pitches into, rounds on, sets at, sets upon, tears into covers, defends, guards, protects, secures, shields to cast a spell onthe only way that she's going to get a man is if she strikes one bewitches, charms, enchants, ensorcells(or ensorcels), hexes, overlooks, spells curses, jinxes, possesses, voodoosattracts, beguiles, captivates, fascinates, mesmerizes, spellbindsentices, lures, seduces, tempts blesses |