strikes 1 of 2

verb

Definition of strikesnext
present tense third-person singular of strike
1
as in walks
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands the union is calling for its members to strike until the mining company agrees to meet safety standards

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2
as in affects
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response we were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us

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as in occurs (to)
to enter the mind of it struck her later that no one at the bank had asked for identification

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4
as in collides
to come into usually forceful contact with something the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot

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as in hits
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner the driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear

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as in dismantles
to take apart the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed

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7
as in attacks
to take sudden, violent action against a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed

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as in possesses
to cast a spell on the only way that she's going to get a man is if she strikes one

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strikes

2 of 2

noun

plural of strike
1
as in walkouts
a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands the nurses will go on strike tomorrow unless they're finally given a pay raise

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2
as in raids
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence the first strike was directed at a munitions warehouse

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3
as in disadvantages
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success kids born into poverty already have a strike against them

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as in collisions
a forceful coming together of two things the strike of a hammer against a nail always has a satisfying sound when you're building something yourself

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as in accidents
an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events she's made one strike after another since she began speculating in real estate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikes
  1. hits
  2. possesses
  3. walkouts
  4. disadvantages
  5. collisions
  6. accidents
  7. crosses
  8. slams
Verb
  • After that, the studio released the stop-motion hits ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and The Two Strings and Missing Link.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • If Israel hits Iran’s oil industry, supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could become of concern, other analysts echoed.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hits
Verb
  • Israel possesses the Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 interceptors for long-range ballistic missiles that fly outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Israel’s air defenses Israel possesses a sophisticated air defense system, the most famous being the Iron Dome, which is designed to intercept short-range rockets typically fired by Hamas and Hezbollah.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of possesses
Noun
  • Ports and facilities handling approximately 51% of the nation’s overall port capacity are impacted by the walkouts, according to the Mitre Corporation.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The agricultural industry is also expected to be one of the industries hit the hardest by the walkouts.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of walkouts
Noun
  • In particular, many groups that historically faced economic disadvantages in the labor market benefited from the strong economy.
    Kevin Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Considering the advantages and disadvantages of applying ED is a critical part of a student's individual strategy.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of disadvantages
Noun
  • The job involves high stakes, and having a deficit of said employees fuels a number of near misses of airplane collisions, as close calls involving crashes happen on average multiple times a week per a 2023 New York Times investigation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The sporting body World Sailing has reported at least eight instances in which crews had to abandon boats because of collisions with what were believed to be containers.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of collisions
Noun
  • But in April 2020, Boeing pulled the plug after the pandemic and two major 737 Max accidents that killed hundreds severely hurt its business.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • And as a footnote, black market energy commodities, which are what much of Russia’s exports have become, are usually dirty, and shadow tankers are often leaky and almost always uninsured, creating the potential for catastrophic environmental and economic accidents.
    Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of accidents
Verb
  • Trust the process of your journey, share your wisdom and love and respect with all who crosses your path.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
  • An elegant, wealthy Chinese man, twelve years her senior, is watching her on the ferry bus that crosses the Mekong River.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of crosses
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  • The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Brown is casting Moreno as a wealthy businessman who is out for himself, and Moreno, R-Ohio, slams Brown as a career politician who is a rubber stamp for President Joe Biden and Harris.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of slams
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