I.
noun
1 industrial protest
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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 ~s in parts of the coal industry
▪ all-out ( esp. BrE ), general , mass ( esp. BrE ), national , nationwide
▪
A general ~ brought the country to a standstill.
▪ hunger
▪ sit-down
▪ political
▪ sympathy
▪
The shipyard voted to launch a sympathy ~ in support of the machinists.
▪ pay ( BrE ), rent
▪ dock , miners' , postal ( BrE ), train ( BrE ), transit ( AmE ), tube ( BrE ), etc.
▪
The New York transit ~ is in its second day.
… OF STRIKES
▪ series , wave
VERB + 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 ~.
▪ call sb out on
▪
He called all the workers out on ~.
▪ ballot for , vote for (both esp. BrE )
▪
Both unions have pledged to ballot for ~ action unless hours are cut.
▪ avert , prevent
▪ threaten
▪
More train ~s are threatened.
▪ begin , start
▪ call off , end
▪ break , crush
▪
The army was used to help break the ~.
▪ settle
▪ ban
▪
The new government banned ~s.
STRIKE + VERB
▪ occur , take place
▪ start
▪ end
▪ last
▪ spread
▪
The ~ soon spread to other cities.
▪ paralyse/paralyze sth
▪
The ~ paralysed/paralyzed the port.
STRIKE + NOUN
▪ action
▪
Prison officers are threatening to take ~ action.
▪ threat
▪ ballot ( esp. BrE )
▪ leader
▪ breaker (usually strike-breaker )
▪ committee , movement
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the ~
▪
There was a continual police presence during the ~.
▪ ~ against
▪
a ~ against poor conditions
▪ ~ by
▪
a ~ by air traffic controllers
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for a ten-hour day
▪ ~ in protest at ( BrE )
▪
a ~ in protest at the government's economic policies
▪ ~ in support of
▪
Miners staged a one-day ~ in support of the steel workers.
▪ ~ over
▪
a ~ over pay
PHRASES
▪ a ballot for a ~ ( esp. BrE ), a ballot for ~ action
▪ the threat of ~s
2 sudden military attack
ADJECTIVE
▪ air , missile , nuclear
▪ military , terrorist
▪ lightning , quick
▪ pre-emptive
▪ retaliatory
▪ precision , surgical
▪ massive
VERB + STRIKE
▪ carry out , launch , make
STRIKE + NOUN
▪ force
▪ aircraft
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The house was damaged in an air ~.
▪ ~ against , ~ on
▪
The aircraft carried out a pre-emptive ~ against bases in the north.
II.
verb
1 hit/attack sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ firmly , hard
▪
He struck her hard across the face.
▪ deep
▪
The army struck deep into northern territory.
▪ directly
▪ without warning
▪
Earthquakes can ~ 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 ~ 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 impression
ADVERB
▪ 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 strike
VERB + STRIKE
▪ threaten to
▪ vote to ( esp. BrE )
▪ be set to ( esp. BrE )
▪
Over 100 000 civil servants are set to ~ on Tuesday.
PREPOSITION
▪ against , for
▪
The union has voted to ~ for a pay increase of 6%.
▪ in protest at ( esp. BrE ), over
▪
Drivers are threatening to ~ over pay.
PHRASES
▪ the right to ~
Strike 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
Strike is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ balance , ↑ ball , ↑ bargain , ↑ blow , ↑ camp , ↑ chill , ↑ coin , ↑ compromise , ↑ deal , ↑ ear , ↑ fist , ↑ gold , ↑ ground , ↑ hour , ↑ jury , ↑ kerb , ↑ match , ↑ medal , ↑ midnight , ↑ mine , ↑ note , ↑ observer , ↑ oil , ↑ partnership , ↑ penalty , ↑ spark , ↑ target , ↑ tone , ↑ vein , ↑ volley