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strike

To hit something hard or stop working as a group.

Meanings of «strike»

1 · verb

to hit someone or something with force

She will strike the ball hard with her racket.

2 · noun

when workers stop working together to protest

The workers began a strike over low pay.

Similar: walkoutproteststoppage

Translation

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«strike» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
DE Deutsch
ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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Word family

strike B1 · verbstriking B2 · adjectivestrikingly C1 · adverb

Verb forms

Base form (V1)strike
Past simple (V2)struck
Past participle (V3)struck

Base form (V1)
Workers may strike for better pay.

Past simple (V2)
The ball struck the window yesterday.

Past participle (V3)
A stone has struck my car.

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