Strikes is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STRIKES in dictionary:

VERB:
• STRIKE, to hit
• inflict (a blow)
• come into forcible contact or collision with
• (of a beam or ray of light or heat) fall on (an object or surface)
• (in sporting contexts) hit or kick (a ball)
• produce (a musical note) by pressing or hitting a key.
• (of a disaster, disease, or other unwelcome phenomenon) occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects on
• carry out an aggressive or violent action, typically without warning
• kill or seriously incapacitate (someone)
• cause or create a particular strong emotion in (someone)
• cause (someone) to be in a specified state
• (of a thought or idea) come into the mind of (someone) suddenly or unexpectedly
• cause (someone) to have a particular impression
• find particularly interesting, noticeable, or impressive
• be deeply fond of or infatuated with
• (of a clock) indicate the time by sounding a chime or stroke
• (of time) be indicated by a clock sounding a chime or stroke
• ignite (a match) by rubbing it briskly against an abrasive surface
• produce (fire or a spark) as a result of friction
• bring (an electric arc) into being
• (of employees) refuse to work as a form of organized protest, typically in an attempt to obtain a particular concession or concessions from their employer
• undertake strike action against (an employer)
• cancel, remove, or cross out with or as if with a pen
• officially remove someone from membership of a professional group
• abolish a law or regulation
• make (a coin or medal) by stamping metal
• (in cinematography) make (another print) of a film
• reach, achieve, or agree to (something involving agreement, balance, or compromise)
• (in financial contexts) reach (a figure) by balancing an account
• form (a committee)
• discover (gold, minerals, or oil) by drilling or mining
• come to or reach
• discover or think of, especially unexpectedly or by chance
• move or proceed vigorously or purposefully
• start out on a new or independent course or endeavour
• take down (a tent or the tents of an encampment)
• dismantle (theatrical scenery)
• lower or take down (a flag or sail), especially as a salute or to signify surrender
• insert (a cutting of a plant) in soil to take root
• (of a plant or cutting) develop roots
• (of a young oyster) attach itself to a bed
• secure a hook in the mouth of a fish by jerking or tightening the line after it has taken the bait or fly.
• hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement
• accidentally hit (a part of one's body) against something
NOUN:
• a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer
• an organized refusal to do something expected or required, with a similar aim
• a sudden attack, typically a military one
• (in sporting contexts) an act of hitting or kicking a ball
• an act or instance of jerking or tightening the line to secure a fish that has already taken the bait or fly.
• a discovery of gold, minerals, or oil by drilling or mining
• a pitch that passes through the strike zone.
• the horizontal or compass direction of a stratum, fault, or other geological feature
• (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with one's first ball.
• a batter's unsuccessful attempt to hit a pitched ball.
• something to one's discredit
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to hit forcibly

Words related to STRIKES

stricken14 strike10 striking13 strook10 struck12 strucken14

Words that contain STRIKES

restrikes13 airstrikes14 awestrikes17 flystrikes20 misstrikes16 outstrikes14 moonstrikes17 overstrikes18 multistrikes18 superstrikes18 counterstrikes20 thunderstrikes22

How to use STRIKES in a sentence

• Has been through many strikes and has been repeatedly black-hated, beaten and even exiled.
• The city of Charleston strikes the visitor from the north most agreeably.
• He gathers manna in the wilderness, he strikes the barren rock for the gushing moisture.
• Drew really did have the information as to what the divine powers thought about strikes.
• FREEDOM is the second note that Montaigne strikes, and it is essential to the harmony of talking.
• The thing that strikes us as remarkable in connection with them is that in them the image has scarcely suffered any reduction of intensity at all.
• Near by is an old oak seat used by the monks between the services, and a modern effigy of Bishop Wilberforce which strikes a Victorian note in its general effect.
• It issued a decree which made it a crime to participate in strikes.
• They want trouble in Russia, they want strikes in England, they want everything that would facilitate the achievement of their conquering schemes.
• At all industrial centres there were strikes accompanied by the violence which invariably attends them.
• Donner, the god of thunder, now ascends a cliff, and strikes the rock with his hammer.
• There were 1,537 strikes in Germany in 1909, and 2,109 in 1910.
• The lightning, Edwards informed us, seldom strikes.
• Our own country is at present in the grip of strikes for higher wages, the like of which has never been known.
• CHAPTER XXXVII The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
• It strikes with awe and reverence the mind of the man who boasts its impressions.
• He who strikes another one in Westminster Hall is imprisoned for life and has his goods confiscated.
• Tell him to dig straight up until he strikes the brick work of the floor.
• Besides the coloring, carving and gilding, the rich symbolism strikes the eye and touches the imagination.
• And the last suggestion that I offer to you about the significance of this symbol is one that I freely admit to be fanciful, and yet it strikes me as being very beautiful.
• The first thing that strikes one in looking at these verses is their authoritative tone.
• Either of these objections, if sustained, strikes at the very root of the Act.

Similar words containing STRIKE without suffix s

strike10 striker11 restrike12 strikers12 airstrike13 awestrike16 flystrike19 misstrike15 outstrike13 prestrike15 restrikes13 strikeout13 airstrikes14 antistrike14 awestrikes17 flystrikes20 misstrikes16 moonstrike16 outstrikes14 overstrike17 poststrike16 strikeless14 strikeouts14 strikeover17 moonstrikes17 multistrike17 overstrikes18 strikebound18 strikeovers18 superstrike17 multistrikes18 superstrikes18 counterstrike19 strikebreaker23 thunderstrike21 counterstrikes20 strikebreakers24 strikebreaking25 thunderstrikes22 strikebreakings26

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