strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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Iran’s April mass drone and missile strike against Israel cost at most $100 million, but U.S. and Israeli interception efforts cost more than $2 billion.
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Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
What happened Video game actors with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted on Thursday to strike against ten gaming production companies after ongoing negotiations broke down over concerns about artificial intelligence.
—Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 26 July 2024
That’s another win for Europe, and a strike against the U.K.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 July 2024
On Tuesday, a Russian strike against a military educational facility in central Ukraine killed 53 people and injured more than 270 others, according to the state emergency service of Ukraine.
—Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
What happened Video game actors with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted on Thursday to strike against ten gaming production companies after ongoing negotiations broke down over concerns about artificial intelligence.
—Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 26 July 2024
That’s another win for Europe, and a strike against the U.K.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 July 2024
On Tuesday, a Russian strike against a military educational facility in central Ukraine killed 53 people and injured more than 270 others, according to the state emergency service of Ukraine.
—Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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