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{{wiktionary|strike|striking|stricken}} '''Strike''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==People== *[[Strike (surname)]] *[[Hobart Huson]], author of several drug related books ==Physical confrontation or removal== *[[Strike (attack)]], attack with an inanimate object or a part of the human body intended to cause harm *[[Airstrike]], military strike by air forces on either a suspected or a confirmed enemy ground position *[[Bird strike]], collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft *[[Bridge strike]], collision of an over-height vehicle to a bridge. *[[Military strike]], limited attack on a specified target *[[Striking the colors]], to haul down a flag to indicate surrender *[[Strikethrough]], typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through the center of them *Utility strike, during an excavation accidentally hitting or damaging buried pipes or wires belonging to a [[public utility]] or other such services *[[YouTube copyright strike]], a copyright policing practice used by YouTube ==Refusal to work or perform== *[[Capital strike]], refusal to invest in an economy *[[Hunger strike]], participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others *[[Rent strike]], when a group of tenants ''en masse'' agrees to refuse to pay rent until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord *[[Sex strike]], refusal to engage in sexual activity to challenge a societal dispute *[[Strike action]], a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform work *[[Student strike]], occurs when students enrolled at a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class ==Science and technology== * [[Strike (unit)]], an obsolete unit of volume, typically equivalent to two bushels *[[Electric strike]], access control device used for doors *[[Lightning strike]], electrical discharges caused by lightning *[[Strike and dip]], measure of the orientation of a geologic feature *"Striking", [[cutting (plant)|cutting]] parts of a plant for propagation *[[Striking clock]], clock that sounds the hours on a bell or gong ==Sport== *[[Strike (bowling)]], a term used in bowling *Strike, a term used in [[association football]] (soccer) to mean an accurate, driven shot kicked using the laces of the boot *"On strike", a term used to refer to the [[striker (cricket)|striker]] in cricket *[[Strike zone]], a term used in baseball *[[Moraingy]] bare-fisted striking ==Arts, entertainment, and media== ===Films=== *[[Strike (1912 film)|''Strike'' (1912 film)]], a lost Australian film *[[Strike (1925 film)|''Strike'' (1925 film)]], a silent film made in the Soviet Union by Sergei Eisenstein *[[Strike! (1998 film)|''Strike!'' (1998 film)]], a Canadian-American comedy film written and directed by Sarah Kernochan *[[Strike (2006 film)|''Strike'' (2006 film)]], a Polish-language film directed by Volker Schlöndorff *[[Strike (2018 film)|''Strike'' (2018 film)]], a stop-motion animated film directed by Trevor Hardy ===Music=== *[[Strike (band)]], British dance band formed in 1994 *[[Strike (percussion group)]], New Zealand group formed in 1993 *"[[Strike (Holster)]]" a 2023 song by American rapper Lil Yachty *[[Strikes (album)|''Strikes'' (album)]], third album by Southern rock band Blackfoot, released in 1979 ===Television=== *[[Strike (TV series)|''Strike'' (TV series)]], a BBC series based on the ''Cormoran Strike'' detective book series *[[The Strike (Seinfeld)|"The Strike" (''Seinfeld'')]], 166th episode of the NBC sitcom; it aired in December 1997 *"[[The Strike]]", 1988 episode of ''The Comic Strip Presents'' * The Strike, a 1989 episode of the American children's comedy science fiction sitcom ''[[List of Small Wonder episodes#Season 4 (1988–89)|Small Wonder]]'' *"Strike!", a 2020 episode of the TV series ''[[Pocoyo]]'' ===Video games=== *[[Strike (video game series)|''Strike'' (video game series)]], video games released during 1991–1997 by Electronic Arts *Strikes, cooperative multiplayer modes in the video game [[Destiny (video game)|''Destiny'' (video game)]], similar to a military strike ===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media=== *Strike, the Japanese name for the Pokémon [[Scyther]] *[[S.T.R.I.K.E.]], fictional counter-terrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Comics universe *[[Strike Entertainment]], film production company founded in 2002 by Marc Abraham and Thomas Bliss, associated with Universal Studios *Kamen Rider Strike, a ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]]'' character ==Other uses== *<code><strike></code>, the [[HTML tag]] *[[Strike price]], fixed price at which the owner of an option can purchase, in the case of a call, or sell, in the case of a put, the underlying security or commodity ==See also== *{{in title|Strike}} *[[The Strike (disambiguation)]] *[[Gold Strike (disambiguation)]] *[[Shrike (disambiguation)]] *[[Strike Force (disambiguation)]] *[[Striker (disambiguation)]] {{disambiguation}}
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