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.
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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.
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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
Hegseth’s problems only continued after the Washington Post alleged in November that the war secretary personally gave orders to conduct a second strike against narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea to kill survivors of the wreckage.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Hegseth’s effort to discredit the Post story didn’t sit well with Paul after the White House later confirmed the military conducted a second strike against the survivors.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2025
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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
Hegseth’s problems only continued after the Washington Post alleged in November that the war secretary personally gave orders to conduct a second strike against narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea to kill survivors of the wreckage.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Hegseth’s effort to discredit the Post story didn’t sit well with Paul after the White House later confirmed the military conducted a second strike against the survivors.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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