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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Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens and other cities Wednesday as a 24-hour general strike against the rising cost of living shut down public services and part of the transport network. —

Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued the warning on Saturday as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch another strike against Israel after its attack on the Islamic Republic last week that targeted military bases and killed at least five people. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 Israel discreetly retaliated to the April 13-14 attack less than a week later, launching a lone strike against Iran’s central Isfahan region. —

Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 The latest: Israel's retaliatory strike against Iran took out a critical component in Iran's ballistic missile program, Israeli sources tell Axios' Barak Ravid. —

Mike Allen, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strike against

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