strike

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Editorial note

You will almost never get warning before lightning strikes.

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Quick take

a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of strike gathered in one view.

noun

a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"

noun

an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"

noun

a gentle blow

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for strike.

noun

a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"

noun

an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"

noun

a gentle blow

noun

a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"

noun

(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; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"

noun

a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

verb

deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"

verb

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

verb

hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

See also: hit

verb

make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

See also: hit

verb

indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"

verb

affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"

See also: hit

verb

stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"

verb

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"

verb

attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"

verb

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

See also: hit

verb

cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"

verb

find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

verb

produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"

verb

remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

verb

cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

See also: hit

verb

drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

See also: hit

verb

occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"

verb

form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal"

verb

smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"

verb

pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"

verb

arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"

Example sentences

You will almost never get warning before lightning strikes.

Hacker News seems to be a den of vipers, waiting to strike at the tiniest opportunity to nitpick.

Let's say we use our surgical strike weapons to target every cell every member, and in one hour they are gone.

If a platoon of Marines were to attack my house, my death would be as inevitable as my death would be if a drone strike hit my house.

Today, this is changed somewhat and founders at times have opportunities to balance their risks along the way as they strike their bargains with the VCs.

Enriching some sociopath by building "santa strike" apps is a cause worth sacrificing everything for, right?

Out of dumb luck my company strikes it big and the planets align for a little while so I can execute and in 3 years I'm the leader of a $250m/yr company.

I would yell at an airman that would get up his chair, walk to the center map and with his rule, measure the distance in miles between the hospital landing pad and the strike.

Does it strike anyone as odd the the Librarian of Congress is deciding critical technology policy?

"The view is so pixelated it makes decisions tough" Can you imagine military people who fight/fought on the ground in real combat and order in strikes reading that?

There are certainly people trying to argue to the public that a drone strike is highly precise, clinically correct, and technologically accurate.

It strikes a classic balance between formal investor protections and real-world practicalities.

The company succeeds: it has the option to rob you of your equity value by getting it all back at a strike-price cost that is a tiny fraction of its now vastly appreciated market value.

I can now bounce around CEO and President positions for a while...spending a year or two at each place, strike enough good compensation deals to make me rich and eventually buy myself into a few choice board positions.

The normalization of prison rape—like eighteenth-century japery about watching men struggle as they die on the gallows—will surely strike our descendants as chillingly sadistic, incomprehensible on the part of people who thought themselves civilized.

They are also actively trying to keep their employees from unionizing.\nIf you consider the current wages "decent" is up to your point of view, but the union and I'd guess most of the affected workers disagree.> The fact that most of the workers are not on strike proves that they're satisfied with their jobsThis proves nothing, in particular not job satisfaction, and is actually also not how things work in Germany and therefore just wrong.\nFirst a union will usually selectively shut down just a few facilities instead of all at once.