- strike
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 industrial protestADJECTIVE▪ long▪ short▪ one-day, two-day, etc.▪ 24-hour, 48-hour, etc.▪ indefinite (esp. BrE)▪ crippling, damaging, major▪ bitter▪ official (esp. BrE)▪ illegal, unofficial (esp. BrE)▪ token (BrE)▪ lightning (BrE), wildcat▪
a series of wildcat strikes in parts of the coal industry
▪ all-out (esp. BrE), general, mass (esp. BrE), national, nationwide▪A general strike brought the country to a standstill.
▪ hunger▪ sit-down▪ political▪ sympathy▪The shipyard voted to launch a sympathy strike in support of the machinists.
▪ pay (BrE), rent▪ dock, miners', postal (BrE), train (BrE), transit (AmE), tube (BrE), etc.▪The New York transit strike is in its second day.
… OF STRIKES▪ series, waveVERB + STRIKE▪ be on▪ come out on (esp. BrE), go on, go out on, join, take part in (esp. BrE)▪ call, organize, stage▪The union leaders called a strike.
▪ call sb out on▪He called all the workers out on strike.
▪ ballot for, vote for (both esp. BrE)▪Both unions have pledged to ballot for strike action unless hours are cut.
▪ avert, prevent▪ threaten▪More train strikes are threatened.
▪ begin, start▪ call off, end▪ break, crush▪The army was used to help break the strike.
▪ settle▪ ban▪The new government banned strikes.
STRIKE + VERB▪ occur, take place▪ start▪ end▪ last▪ spread▪The strike soon spread to other cities.
▪ paralyse/paralyze sth▪The strike paralysed/paralyzed the port.
STRIKE + NOUN▪ action▪Prison officers are threatening to take strike action.
▪ threat▪ ballot (esp. BrE)▪ leader▪ breaker (usually strike-breaker)▪ committee, movementPREPOSITION▪ during a/the strike▪There was a continual police presence during the strike.
▪ strike against▪a strike against poor conditions
▪ strike by▪a strike by air traffic controllers
▪ strike for▪a strike for a ten-hour day
▪ strike in protest at (BrE)▪a strike in protest at the government's economic policies
▪ strike in support of▪Miners staged a one-day strike in support of the steel workers.
▪ strike over▪a strike over pay
PHRASES▪ a ballot for a strike (esp. BrE), a ballot for strike action▪ the threat of strikes2 sudden military attackADJECTIVE▪ air, missile, nuclear▪ military, terrorist▪ lightning, quick▪ pre-emptive▪ retaliatory▪ precision, surgical▪ massiveVERB + STRIKE▪ carry out, launch, makeSTRIKE + NOUN▪ force▪ aircraftPREPOSITION▪ in a/the strike▪The house was damaged in an air strike.
▪ strike against, strike on▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The aircraft carried out a pre-emptive strike against bases in the north.
verb1 hit/attack sb/sthADVERB▪ firmly, hard▪He struck her hard across the face.
▪ deep▪The army struck deep into northern territory.
▪ directly▪ without warning▪Earthquakes can strike without warning.
▪ repeatedly▪ home (often figurative)▪The remark struck home.
VERB + STRIKE▪ be about to, be going to, be ready to, prepare to▪A hurricane is about to strike Jamaica.
PREPOSITION▪ against▪The oar struck against something hard.
▪ at▪He struck at me repeatedly with a stick.
▪ on▪The ball struck her on the head.
PHRASES▪ be struck by lightning, get struck by lightning▪ be struck down by sth, be struck down with sth▪He was struck down with food poisoning.
2 come into your mind suddenly/give an impressionADVERB▪ immediately▪ suddenly▪It suddenly struck me how we could improve the situation.
▪ just▪An awful thought has just struck me.
▪ particularly, really▪I was particularly struck by the sound of the birds.
▪One thing that really struck me was how calm he appeared.
▪ forcibly▪Joan was struck quite forcibly by the silence.
PREPOSITION▪ as▪He always struck me as being rather stupid.
▪It struck me as strange that there was no one there.
3 go on strikeVERB + STRIKE▪ threaten to▪ vote to (esp. BrE)▪ be set to (esp. BrE)▪Over 100 000 civil servants are set to strike on Tuesday.
PREPOSITION▪ against, for▪The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of 6%.
▪ in protest at (esp. BrE), over▪Drivers are threatening to strike over pay.
PHRASES▪ the right to strikeStrike is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arrow, ↑ball, ↑blizzard, ↑bullet, ↑burglar, ↑catastrophe, ↑clock, ↑disaster, ↑disease, ↑earthquake, ↑epidemic, ↑famine, ↑fate, ↑fear, ↑fist, ↑flood, ↑hurricane, ↑idea, ↑illness, ↑inspiration, ↑jinx, ↑killer, ↑lightning, ↑luck, ↑midnight, ↑misfortune, ↑missile, ↑murderer, ↑pain, ↑plague, ↑rapist, ↑ray, ↑realization, ↑rocket, ↑shell, ↑shot, ↑snake, ↑storm, ↑sun, ↑thief, ↑thought, ↑tornado, ↑torpedo, ↑tragedy, ↑typhoon, ↑vandal, ↑wave, ↑worker
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
