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strikers

n. countable
B1 Intermediate US //ˈstɹaɪkɝz// UK //stɹˈaɪkəz// strik·ers

n. workers who stop working to protest for better pay or conditions, or players in soccer whose main job is to score goals. You see this word most often in news about labor or sports.

n. employees engaged in a collective refusal to work as a form of protest, or offensive players in football tasked with scoring. Plural form of 'striker'.


SIMPLE

The strikers are marching outside the factory today.

CONTEXTUAL

The team's star strikers managed to score three goals in the final ten minutes of the match.

COMPLEX

While the factory strikers demanded a fifteen percent wage increase, management argued that global competition made such a hike impossible without significant layoffs.

Synonyms
Usage

Plural form; the singular 'striker' refers to an individual participant in either a labor dispute or a sporting match.

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