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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The attack came just over a week after Russia struck Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, in what was the deadliest strike against children since the war began in an attack near a playground that killed 19 people, including nine children.
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
This review will focus on the use of the app for conveying plans about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Israel has made no secret of its interest in lobbying President Trump to support a strike against Iran's nuclear program.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Under the plans announced earlier in February, however, such people would no longer be eligible for citizenship, as entering the U.K. irregularly - crossing the English channel in a small boat, for instance - would be considered a strike against the ‘good character’ of the applicant.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
This review will focus on the use of the app for conveying plans about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Israel has made no secret of its interest in lobbying President Trump to support a strike against Iran's nuclear program.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Under the plans announced earlier in February, however, such people would no longer be eligible for citizenship, as entering the U.K. irregularly - crossing the English channel in a small boat, for instance - would be considered a strike against the ‘good character’ of the applicant.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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