strike
Noun
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is a type of: job action - a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demandssubtypes:
- sit-down, sit-down strike - a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
- sympathetic strike, sympathy strike - a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer
- walkout - a strike in which the workers walk out
- wildcat strike - a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union
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is a type of: attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)subtypes:
- first strike - the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate
- surgical strike - an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target
- preventive attack, preventive strike - a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces
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is a type of: score - the act of scoring in a game or sportsame as: ten-strike
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is a type of: success - an attainment that is successfulsubtypes:
- blockbuster, megahit, smash hit - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
- sleeper - an unexpected hit
Verb
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is a type of: touch - make physical contact with, come in contact withsubtypes:
- jab - strike or punch with quick and short blows
- dab, pat - hit lightly
- bunt, butt - to strike, thrust or shove against
- knock, strike hard - deliver a sharp blow or push
- cut down, down, knock down, pull down, push down - cause to come or go down
- spur - strike with a spur
- beak, peck, pick - hit lightly with a picking motion
- tap, tip - strike lightly
- hew - strike with an axe; cut down, strike
- sideswipe - strike from the side
- lash, whip - strike as if by whipping
- beat - hit repeatedly
- beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- sclaff - strike (the ground) in making a sclaff
- clout - strike hard, especially with the fist
- knap, rap - strike sharply
- chop - strike sharply, as in some sports
- slap - hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
- sclaff - strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first
- batter, buffet, knock about - strike against forcefully
verb group: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with -
causes: experience, feel - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mindsubtypes:
- infect - affect in a contagious way
- surprise - cause to be surprised
- impress, ingrain, instill - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
- awaken - make aware
- engrave - impress or affect deeply
- strike dumb - render speechless, as by surprising or shocking
- zap - strike suddenly and with force
- jar - affect in a disagreeable way
- hit home, strike a chord, strike a note, strike home - refer to or be relevant or familiar to
- smite - affect suddenly with deep feeling
- cloud - make gloomy or depressed
- pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- impress - impress positively
- sweep away, sweep off - overwhelm emotionally
- disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply
- stir, touch - affect emotionally
- move - arouse sympathy or compassion in
- sadden - make unhappy
- alienate - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
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is a type of: touch - make physical contact with, come in contact withsubtypes:
- stub - strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
- ping - hit with a pinging noise
- bang, spang - leap, jerk, bang
- rear-end - collide with the rear end of
- broadside - collide with the broad side of
- connect - land on or hit solidly
- spat - strike with a sound like that of falling rain
- thud - strike with a dull sound
- bottom - strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- bottom out - hit the ground
- bump, knock - knock against with force or violence
- bump into, butt against, jar against, knock against, run into - collide violently with an obstacle
- clash, collide - crash together with violent impact
- glance - hit at an angle
verb group: strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon -
is a type of: assail, attack - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare withsubtypes:
- slice - hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- chop - hit sharply
- stroke - strike a ball with a smooth blow
- retaliate, strike back - make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
same as: hit -
same as: hit
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same as: walk out
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is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass
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same as: come to
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is a type of: touch - make physical contact with, come in contact withsame as: hit
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verb group: strike - produce by ignition or a blow
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is a type of: find, regain - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lostsame as: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon
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verb group: strike - cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes: smash - hit violentlysame as: hit
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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is a type of: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart - take apart into its constituent pieces
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is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
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same as: strickle
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is a type of: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out - find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
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- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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