strike
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3.7
- noun
- /straɪk/
- The princess is on a hunger strike.
- go on strike
- hunger strike
- general strike
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- That's what the strike is about right now in Hollywood.
- If a strike does place take place it would be the largest strike in employer history.
- This was well before the strikes and ChatGPT, so AI wasn't so controversial.
Examples
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That's what the strike is about right now in Hollywood.
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By the end of March, the strike had achieved national dimensions, involving over 700 detainees.
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- The men are planning a strike at the arms factory.
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The maintenance fellow is on strike.
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UAW is threatening to expand its strike come this Friday.
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Popular demonstrations and labor strikes erupted occasionally in the past in the Arab states, especially Egypt.
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Employee involvement programs cannot survive strikes, strike threats, and bitter labor-management conflict.
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In October 1987, CACIF called a 2-day "tax strike" which succeeded in shutting down the country.
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Thousands of teachers in Seattle went on strike today after failing to get a new contract.
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More than a million people joined a nationwide strike across France today against pension reforms.
Synonyms
28
3.2
To refuse to eat as a way to protest or demand change
26
4.8
A group of people who leave work together to protest
9
4.2
A time when workers stop working to protest about pay or conditions
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6.4
Workers who stay in their workplace and refuse to leave until the employer meets their demands
2
4.4
Workers stay at their workplace and refuse to work until demands are met
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7.8
A strike by workers not approved by their union
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7.4
Many workers stay home as an organized protest to pressure their boss
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7.0
Workers stop work to support other workers on strike
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9.9
A large protest in South Asia where people stop work and shops close
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7.1
Workers stop work to support other workers who are not working
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
2
4.7
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To criticize or take advantage of someone when they are weak
Compounds
41
3.2
A sudden flash of electricity from the sky that hits something or a sudden strong idea
- Specialized
12
4.4
Area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders where a pitch must pass to be called a strike
- NSFW
12
8.6
A surprise attack with nuclear weapons to destroy an enemy's ability to fight back
- Specialized
4
5.0
An attack launched early to stop a threat that is about to happen, for example in war or computer attacks
2
4.7
A person who plans and speaks for workers who stop work for better pay or conditions
- Specialized
1
7.4
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
- Formal
1
7.2
A military action to stop an expected attack by an enemy before it happens
- Jargon
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strike as a noun for a stoppage comes from the verb meaning 'to stop or take down' tools, so a strike is the event when workers set down their tools and stop working to protest.