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strike-break

strike-break is the alternative form of strikebreak.

Meaning of strikebreak

Verb

strikebreak (third-person singular simple present strikebreaks, present participle strikebreaking, simple past strikebroke, past participle strikebroken)

  1. To break a strike; to work for a business where the union members are on strike.
    • When the first three decided to strikebreak, Baker knew he could use them as a nucleus to train other crews.1996, George E. Hopkins, Flying the Line, page 134

Forms of strike-break

third-person singular presentstrike-breaks
present participlestrike-breaking
paststrike-broke
past participlestrike-broken

Questions about strike-break

What is strike-break the alternative form of?
Strike-break is the alternative form of strikebreak.

Words near strike-break in the dictionary

  1. strike up
  2. strike while the iron is hot
  3. strike work
  4. strike zone
  5. strike zones
  6. strike-break
  7. strike-breaking
  8. strike-breaks
  9. strike-broke
  10. strike-broken
  11. strike-out

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