strike
verb (used with object)
to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
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G.M. pickets, who knew very well that their strike had been a club to help Ford and Chrysler win strikeless settlements, were bound to grow restive.
From Time Magazine Archive
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