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Collocations for strike - noun

1. industrial protest

ADJ.

long | short | indefinite |
crippling, damaging, major |
bitter | official | illegal, unofficial, unlawful | protest | token, warning | lightning, wildcat
a series of lightning strikes in parts of the coal industry
all-out, general, mass, national, nationwide
A general strike brought the country to a standstill.
hunger | sit-down | political | sympathy
The suppression of the strike led to sympathy strikes in other industries.
pay, rent | dock, dockers'', miners'', postal, train, etc.

QUANT.

series, wave

VERB + STRIKE

be on | come out on, go on, join, take part in | call (sb out on), organize, stage
The union leaders called a strike. | He called all the workers out on strike.
avert, prevent | threaten
More train strikes are threatened.
begin, start | call off, end | break (up), crush
The army was used to help break the strike.
settle | ban
The new government banned strikes.

STRIKE + VERB

occur, take place | start | end | last | spread
The strike soon spread to other cities.
paralyse sth
The strike paralysed the port.

STRIKE + NOUN

action
Prison officers are threatening to take strike action.
ballot, call, threat | leader | breaker | committee, movement

PREP.

during a/the ~
There was a continual police presence during the strike.
~ against
a strike against the employment of non-union labour
~ by
a strike by tax collectors
~ for
a strike for a ten-hour day
~ in protest at
a strike in protest at the government''s economic policies
~ in support of
Miners staged a one-day strike in support of the steel workers.
~ over
a strike over wages

PHRASES

days lost in/through strikes
Unofficial action accounted for 40% of the days lost through strikes last year.

2. sudden military attack

ADJ.

air, military, nuclear | pre-emptive | retaliatory

VERB + STRIKE

carry out, launch, make

PREP.

in a/the ~
The house was damaged in an air strike.
~ against/on
The aircraft carried out a pre-emptive strike against bases in the north.

Collocations for strike - verb

1. hit/attack sb/sth

ADV.

firmly, hard
He struck her hard across the face.
deep
The German army struck deep into northern France.
directly | repeatedly | home
(often figurative) The remark struck home.

VERB + STRIKE

be ready to, prepare to

PREP.

against
The oar struck against something hard.
at
He struck at me repeatedly with a stick.
into
He struck the ball firmly into the back of the net.
on
The ball struck her on the head.

2. come into your mind suddenly/give an impression

ADV.

immediately | suddenly
It suddenly struck me how we could improve the situation.
just
An awful thought has just struck me.
forcibly
Joan was struck quite forcibly by the silence.

PREP.

as
He struck me as being rather stupid.

3. go on strike

VERB + STRIKE

threaten to | vote to

PREP.

against, for
The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of six per cent.
in protest at

PHRASES

the right to strike

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