strike

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. hit, smite, beat, thump; give, deliver, deal; affect, touch, impress, occur to; blast; lower, take down; collide, bump; conclude, agree upon; attack; collide; walk out, quit, rebel, cancel; print. See impulse, excitement, agency, resistance, success, nullification.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [An organized refusal]

Syn. walkout, deadlock, work stoppage, quitting, sit-down strike, job action, work-to-rule (British), labor dispute, sickout, tie-up, heulga (Spanish), brazos caidos (Spanish), slowdown, called strike, sympathetic strike, general strike, wildcat strike, token strike, confrontation, sit-in*, teach-in*, study-in*, blue flu*, love-in*, mill-in*; see also revolution 2 .

2. [A discovery]

Syn. gold strike, success, find, unfolding, exposure, disclosure, opening up, laying bare, bringing to light, uncovering; see also discovery 1 .

3. [A blow]

Syn. hit, stroke, punch; see blow 1 .

4. [A pitched ball]

Syn. ball swung at and missed, pitch over the plate, called strike; see pitch 2 .

• have two strikes against one*,

Syn. be in danger, be in trouble, be uncertain, be troubled, be handicapped; see also doubt 2 , fear 1 .

• on strike,

Syn. striking, protesting, on the picket line, out on strike; see unemployed .

v.

1. [To hit]

Syn. box, punch, thump; see beat 2 , hit 1 .

2. [To refuse to work]

Syn. walk out, tie up, sit down, slow down, work to rule (British), go out, be on strike, sit in, arbitrate, negotiate a contract, picket, boycott, stop, quit, enforce idleness, resist, hold out for, hit the bricks*; see also oppose 1 , 2 , rebel 1 .

3. [To light]

Syn. kindle, inflame, scratch, light up; see burn 1 , ignite .

4. [To seem]

Syn. look, have the semblance, be plausible; see seem .

5. [To find]

Syn. uncover, open up, lay bare; see discover .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. military assault attack, offensive, bombing, bombardment, air strike, onslaught, raid, invasion.

2. labor dispute walkout, protest, wage dispute, shutdown, lockout, sit-in, hunger strike. ''A labor pain.''—Leonard Levinson.

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v.

1. hit deliver a blow, punch, pound, smack, knock, clobber, box, cuff, whack, pommel, crack, rap, slap, slug, thump, wallop, clout, smite.

2. attack assault, launch an offensive, bomb, raid, charge, invade, storm.

3. bump crash, smash into, collide with.

4. discover find, unearth, uncover, encounter.

5. protest go on strike, dispute one's labor contract, walk out, shut down, picket, demonstrate.

6. dawn on register, *hit, impress.

7. remove delete, cross out, erase, cancel.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal: biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm. Informal: light into, pitch into. See ATTACK. 3. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, torment, torture. See ATTACK, HELP. 4. To grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws: catch, nip1, snap, snatch. See REACH. 5. To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound: bong, chime, knell, peal, ring2, toll2. See SOUNDS. 6. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Also used with out: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law: vacate. See CONTINUE. 7. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from: affect1, get (to), impress, move, touch. See TOUCH. 8. To enter a person's mind: hit, occur. Idiom: cross one's mind. See HAPPEN. 9. To have a sudden overwhelming effect on: catch, seize, take. See ATTACK, OVER. 10. To cease working in support of demands made upon an employer: walk out. Idiom: go on strike. See CONTINUE. II noun 1. The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught. See ATTACK. 2. Something that has been discovered: ascertainment, discovery, find, finding. See TEACH.