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How to pronounce strike
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What does strike mean?
verbTo delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
“Please strike the last sentence.”
To hit.
“Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.”
To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
“Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?”
nounA status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
“After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.”
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