B2 [ I ] to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:

C2 [ I or T ] to cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly:

B1 [ I or T ] to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently:

B1 [ I or T ] to kick a football, especially hard so that it travels a long distance :

[ I or T ] When a clock strikes, its bells ring to show what the time is:

[ I ] When a particular time strikes, a clock's bells ring to tell people what time it is:

C2 [ T ] If you strike a match, you cause it to burn by rubbing it against a hard rough surface:

[ T usually + adv/prep ] formal to remove something officially from a document:

C2 [ T ] to discover a supply of oil, gas, or gold underground:

[ T ] to reach or make an agreement:

B2 [ T ] to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:

B2 [ T ] If a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly think of it:

[ T ] to make a metal disc-shaped object such as a coin with a machine that quickly presses a picture into a piece of metal:

B2 a period of time when workers refuse to work because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:

a sudden and powerful hit or attack:

a hard kick of a football, especially one that makes it travel a long distance:

a sudden, short military attack, especially one by aircraft or missiles:

the discovery underground of a valuable substance:

(in baseball) a ball that has been thrown by the pitcher and not been hit successfully when it should have been:

US a failure, mistake, or disadvantage: