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  • n  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
  • n  an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
    the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn
  • n  a gentle blow
  • n  a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
    he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame
  • n  (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
  • n  a conspicuous success
  • v  deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
    the opponent refused to strike
  • v  have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
  • v  hit against; come into sudden contact with
  • v  make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
    We must strike the enemy's oil fields
  • v  indicate (a certain time) by striking
  • v  affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
  • v  stop work in order to press demands
  • v  touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
  • v  attain
  • v  produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
    The pianist strikes a middle C
    strike `z' on the keyboard
  • v  cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
    strike an arc
  • v  find unexpectedly
  • v  produce by ignition or a blow
    strike fire from the flintstone
    strike a match
  • v  remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
    Please strike this remark from the record
  • v  cause to experience suddenly
  • v  drive something violently into a location
  • v  occupy or take on
    strike a pose
  • v  form by stamping, punching, or printing
    strike coins
    strike a medal
  • v  smooth with a strickle
  • v  pierce with force
  • v  arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
    strike a balance
    strike a bargain

  • David Letterman's writers are delivering strike-related jokes and photos to the late night humor-starved on lateshowwritersonstrike.
  • Despite the fact that one New York paper was ready to quit fighting and start publishing (see above), the city's 13-week-old newspaper strike seemed to go on and on.
  • Here's a look back at the first strike in the comedy world back when David Letterman and Jay Leno weren't yet household names.
News & Articles

  • Strike disrupts flights across Europe
    PARIS (AP) -- A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace.
    June 13, 2013 - The Vacaville Reporter
  • Strike over EU plan disrupts European flights
    A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify ...
    June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Strike over EU plan snarls France, UK airports
    PARIS (AP) — A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify Europe's patchwork airspace.
    June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Wall Street Journal
    As President, I've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government-training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al Qaeda terrorists,Mr. Obama said in the...
  • Patric Verrone in Reuters
    This is the best deal this guild has bargained for in 30 years, after the most successful strike this guild has waged in 35 years,WGA West president Patric Verrone said at a news conference announcing the outcome of the board action.
  • President Bush in Seattle Times
    Complying with the environmental law would "undermine the Navy's ability to conduct realistic training exercises that are necessary to ensure the combat effectiveness of carrier and expeditionary strike groups," Bush said.

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