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

The Senate voted 53 to 47 to reject a resolution that would have forced President Trump to go to Congress for approval of another military strike against Iran, frustrating the effort to rein in his war powers and return authority to lawmakers. —Robert Jimison, New York Times, 28 June 2025

Getty Images Iran launched a missile strike against the largest American military installation in the Middle East, near Doha, Qatar, in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iran's most important nuclear sites over the weekend. —Michele Luhn, CNBC, 24 June 2025

Explosions were reported over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Friday evening as Iran launched a broad retaliatory strike against Israel. —Nik Popli, Time, 13 June 2025

The Writers Guild of America East narrowly avoided a strike against Vox Media, announcing a tentative new three-year deal with management in the early hours of Friday morning. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 June 2025

Rhymes for strike against

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