Phrase Hound found 125 phrases and 55 compound words that contain strike. The most common are listed below. Open strike in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 125
- hunger strikeA fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.
- strike outTo lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.
- air strikeAn attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
- general strikeA coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.
- strike a lightTo create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).
- strike priceThe price, fixed at the date of the initial transaction, at which an option can be exercised (the price at which an asset may be bought for a call option; the price at which an asset may be sold for a put option).
- strike downTo kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
- Counter-Strike
- strike offTo remove from a list or register.
- strike backTo respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.
- strike a bargainTo enter into a bargain; to agree upon the conditions of a sale or other transaction.
- strike goldTo find gold.
- strike a balanceTo find a compromise between two conflicting things; to choose a moderate option between two extremes.
- strike a chordTo elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.
- climate strikeA protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.
- February strikeA general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II.
- bird strikeA collision between a bird and an aircraft, especially one that causes an accident.
- sex strikeA strike involving the withholding of sex from one's partner until demands are met.
- student strike
- go on strikeSynonym of walk out (“to stage a walkout or strike”).
- going on strikepresent participle and gerund of go on strike
- lightning strikeA lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.
- strike a blowTo hit; to successfully land a hit.
- strike a mediumTo choose or provide a moderate option between two extremes.
- first strikeAn attack (typically nuclear) launched without warning in the absence of a prior attack by one's opponent, with the intention of destroying one's opponent's ability to retaliate.
Compound words 55
- trickleA very thin river.
- counterstrikeThe tactic of counterattacking.
- downstrikeA bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- thunderstrikeTo strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning.
- strikebreakerA non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.
- strikeforceA group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.
- overstrikeTo overreach oneself while striking.
- unstrikeTo loosen the strings that attach the hood on the bird's head.
- strikebreakingpresent participle and gerund of strikebreak
- flamestrikeThe strike of a flame.