strike against

noun

chiefly US

: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.

Her poor attendance was a strike against her.

Examples of strike against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before his strike against Fulham on Wednesday night, his only goal since the Club World Cup came in Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Barcelona in November, and fans have been frustrated by his poor discipline. —Cerys Jones, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

That’s also been a strike against Maye’s MVP candidacy from some. —Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026

Early Saturday morning, the United States carried out a large-scale military strike against Venezuela’s socialist regime and captured the strongman Maduro, who was flown out of the country along with his wife. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2026

For its part, Ukraine launched a strike against Russia’s Rosrezerv oil depot in the Yaroslavl region, the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, said in a statement. —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for strike against

• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed
• recommenced
• recompensed