strike+against

  • 1strike against — index collide (crash against), jostle (bump into) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2strike against — hit, beat, flog …

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  • 3strike — 1 vb struck, struck, also, strick·en, strik·ing vi 1: to remove or delete something 2: to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands vt 1: to remove or delete from a legal document a …

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  • 4Strike Witches — Japanese light novel cover of Strike Witches volume 1 ストライクウィッチーズ Genre Military science fiction …

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  • 5Strike — Strike, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. str[=i]can to go, proceed,… …

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  • 6Churchill's advocacy of chemical strike against German cities — During World War II, Winston Churchill issued a memorandum advocating a chemical strike on German cities using poison gas and possibly anthrax. Although the idea was rejected, it has provoked debate.[1] In July 1944, fearing that rocket attacks… …

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  • 7one strike against someone — one strike/two strikes/three strikes/against someone/something/mainly american informal phrase one two three qualities, facts, or details that are considered a disadvantage Thesaurus: disadvantagessyn …

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  • 8one strike against something — one strike/two strikes/three strikes/against someone/something/mainly american informal phrase one two three qualities, facts, or details that are considered a disadvantage Thesaurus: disadvantagessyn …

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  • 9strike the beam — To be of little weight or importance (figurative from the lighter scale in a balance rising so as to strike against the beam) ● kick …

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  • 10strike — strike1 [ straık ] (past tense and past participle struck [ strʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 hit against ▸ 2 hit with hand, etc. ▸ 3 make violent attack ▸ 4 protest by not working ▸ 5 affect someone/something suddenly ▸ 6 when you think something ▸ 7 press …

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