0 to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:
1 to cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly:
2 to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently:
3 to remove something officially from a document:
Please strike my name from your mailing list immediately.
Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers.
5 to reach or make an agreement:
Do you think the government should try to strike a deal with the terrorists?
6 to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:
Doesn't it strike you as odd that he never talks about his family?
I was immediately struck by the similarities between the two murders.
So how does my proposition strike you? (= What do you think of it?)
[ + (that) ] It strikes me (that) you'd be better off working for someone else.
[ + that ] It's just struck me that I still owe you for the concert tickets.
Sitting at her desk, she was struck by the thought that there had to be something more to life.
7 to move your body into a particular position:
8 to make a metal disc-shaped object such as a coin with a machine that quickly presses a picture into a piece of metal:
10 a period of time when workers refuse to work because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:
After last year's long and bitter strike, few people want more industrial action.
They had to play three games with replacement players after the NFL Players Association called a strike.
Some miners were calling for a nationwide strike.
They have voted to stage lightning (= sudden and short) strikes in pursuit of their demands.
Union leaders threatened strike action over the changes.
The result of the strike ballot will be known tomorrow morning.
All 2,500 employees went on strike in protest at the decision to close the factory.
11 a sudden and powerful hit or attack:
Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes.
The United Nations has authorized the use of air strikes.
The violence is unlikely to stop without military strikes against terrorist bases.
Would you support a nuclear strike to bring an end to a war?
We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked.
12 the discovery underground of a valuable substance:
The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858.
13 (in baseball) a ball that has been thrown by the pitcher and not been hit successfully when it should have been:
14 to hit or physically attack someone or something:
15 to bring sudden harm, damage, or injury to a person or thing:
16 to refuse to continue working because workers or their labor union (= employees’ organization) cannot come to an agreement with an employer over pay or other conditions of the job:
[ I ] Flight attendants are threatening to strike to get more flexible schedules.
17 to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:
From what you’ve said, it strikes me that you would be better off working for someone else.
I was struck by her sincerity.
I was immediately struck by the similarities in their appearance.
18 to discover something such as oil, gas, gold, etc., underground at a particular place:
20 (esp. of a clock) to make a sound or a series of sounds that show the time:
22 a period of time when workers refuse to continue working because they cannot come to an agreement with an employer:
23 a period of time when a group of workers refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
In a statement, the union said there were no plans for a strike.
a 24-hour/2-day, etc. strike
call for/call off/avoid a strike Managers sought to avoid a strike by cabin crew over sick leave rules.
a strike by sb Fresh moves to stop more strikes by council workers will be made this week.
a strike against sth 20% of the workforce has joined a strike against the privatization plans announced yesterday.
a strike begins/ends/goes ahead The strike will begin at 6 a.m. Oct. 31 and end 24 hours later.
24 if a group of workers are on strike, they refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
Refuse collectors are on strike and rubbish is now piling up across the region.
25 if a group of workers go on strike, they stop working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
26 if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
27 if a group of workers strike, they refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
28 to agree to do business with another person or company:
Takeover money has been deposited in a bank account, in expectation of striking a deal before tomorrow.
The media group yesterday released the details of an agreement that it had struck with dissident investors concerning the forthcoming shareholder vote.
29 to find a way to satisfy two opposing demands or needs:
We have recruited younger members to the board in an effort to strike a balance between popular appeal and innovative experimentation.
30 to do something that makes you very successful or rich, especially in a way that is unexpected:
Despite the exhortations of the union leaders the workers voted to strike.
They are threatening to strike if their demands are not met.
There's a very real possibility that they might strike.
If the management wouldn't listen to their demands, they would have to force the issue by striking.
Tragedy struck when several people were crushed to death in the crowd.
Everything was going smoothly until suddenly disaster struck.
This is the second time in ten years that a major earthquake has struck in this region.
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