strike
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3.7
- noun
- /straɪk/
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- The princess is on a hunger strike.
- go on strike
- hunger strike
- general strike
That's what the strike is about right now in Hollywood.
- 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.
Academic text (1990) -
- 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.
Academic text (2012) -
Employee involvement programs cannot survive strikes, strike threats, and bitter labor-management conflict.
Academic text (1990) -
In October 1987, CACIF called a 2-day "tax strike" which succeeded in shutting down the country.
Academic text (1990) -
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
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4.8
A group of people who leave work together to protest
29
3.2
To refuse to eat as a way to protest or demand change
9
4.2
A time when workers stop working to protest about pay or conditions
3
4.4
Workers stay at their workplace and refuse to work until demands are met
2
6.4
Workers who stay in their workplace and refuse to leave until the employer meets their demands
2
7.4
Many workers stay home as an organized protest to pressure their boss
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7.8
A strike by workers not approved by their union
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
Workers stop work to support other workers on strike
Workers stop work to support other workers who are not working
A large protest in South Asia where people stop work and shops close
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
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
14
3.2
A sudden flash of electricity from the sky that hits something or a sudden strong idea
- Specialized
11
4.4
Area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders where a pitch must pass to be called a strike
- NSFW
4
8.6
A surprise attack with nuclear weapons to destroy an enemy's ability to fight back
- Specialized
3
5.0
An attack launched early to stop a threat that is about to happen, for example in war or computer attacks
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4.7
A person who plans and speaks for workers who stop work for better pay or conditions
- Jargon
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
- Formal
A military action to stop an expected attack by an enemy before it happens
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
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.