STRIKE

'Strike' may refer to a refusal to work or perform, including:

★ Strike action or work strike, mass refusal by employees to perform work for a corporation or public institution

★ General strike, a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region or country

★ Church strike, strike decided by the Christian church

★ Prison strike, a strike taking place inside a prison

★ Student strike a mass refusal of students to go to class, in protest of school issues, or in sympathy with a strike action or general strike

★ Culture strike, refusal to produce or show art

★ Hunger strike, voluntary refusal to eat as an act of protest

★ Rent strike, the witholding of rent to achieve certain goals

★ Sex strike, refraining from sex to achieve goals
'Strike' may refer to a physical confrontation or removal, including:

★ Strike (attack), attack with an inanimate object or a part of the human body intended to cause harm

★ Bird strike, a collision between a bird and an aircraft

★ Military strike, a limited military attack on a specified target

★ Airstrike, a military strike by air forces

★ Strikethrough, a typographical effect
In 'economics':

★ Strike (finance) is the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise an option
In 'law':

★ Strike from the record, to forbid testimony or evidence from being considered
In 'science' and 'technology':

★ Strike (geology), a measure of the orientation of a geologic feature

★ Strike and dip, which indicates the compass orientation of a horizontal line on a planar surface

★ Lightning strike, electrical discharge between clouds and the ground

★ Striking clock, a clock that sounds the hours on a bell or gong

★ Cutting (plant), cutting parts of a plant for propagation
In the 'arts and entertainment':

★ Strike (film) a 1925 Soviet silent film by Sergei Eisenstein

★ Strike (band), a UK dance music group

★ The Strike (Seinfeld episode)

★ Strikebreaker (Asimov), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov

★ GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, in the anime series Gundam Seed, the primary mobile suit for the first half of the series
In 'sports' and 'games':

★ Strike (baseball), a mark against a batter

★ Strike (bowling), when a player knocks down all the pins with the first ball of a frame

★ In cricket, a batsman is "on strike" when facing the bowler.

★ An accurate, driven shot using the laces of the shoe in Football

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See also

See also

★ Striker (disambiguation)

★ Gold Strike (disambiguation)