Strike 28133 223073073 2008-07-02T13:04:48Z Strike91 7409767 {{selfref|For the Wikipedia editing with strike or strikethrough; see [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Editing comments]].}} {{wiktionarypar3|strike|striking|stricken}} '''Strike''' may refer to a refusal to work or perform, including: * [[Strike action]] or work strike, a work stoppage by a corporation or public institution * [[General strike]], a strike action by a critical mass of the labor 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 withholding of rent to achieve certain goals * [[Sex strike]], refraining from sex to achieve goals * [[Strike]], A Pokemon Netbattler and RH Member '''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 * [[Air strike]], a military strike by air forces * [[Strike through]], 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 * [[Electric strike]] In the '''arts and entertainment''': * [[Strike Entertainment]] is a production company produced and distributed through Universal Pictures launched in 2003 * [[Strike (film)|''Strike'' (film)]] a 1925 Soviet silent film by Sergei Eisenstein * [[Strike (2006 film)|''Strike'' (2006 film)]] a 2006 film by Volker Schlöndorff about a woman who becomes a founder of Poland's Solidarity movement * The [[Strike series|''Strike'' series]] of videogames * [[Strike (band)]], a UK dance music group * [[Strike (hip-hop)]] Hip Hop group from Georgia * [[The Strike (Seinfeld episode)|"The Strike" (''Seinfeld'' episode)]] * [[Strikebreaker (short story)|''Strikebreaker'' (short story)]], 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 * [[S.T.R.I.K.E.]] a fictional intelligence agency in Marvel Comics * Or, in the theatre, to '''strike a set''' means to dismantle it after the final performance of a play, and either to discard the materials or store them for a future production. * [[Strikes (album)|''Strikes'' (album)]], a 1979 album by Southern rock band Blackfoot 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 [[Association Football|football]] (soccer) ==See also== * [[Striker (disambiguation)]] * [[Gold Strike]] (disambiguation) {{disambig}} [[da:Strike]] [[de:Strike]] [[ko:스트라이크 (동음이의)]] [[it:Strike]] [[nl:Strekking]] [[ja:ストライク]] [[ru:Страйк]] [[simple:Strike]]