Usually means: Widespread work stoppage by workers.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. general strike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. general strike: Collins English Dictionary
  3. general strike: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. general strike: Wiktionary
  5. general strike: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. general strike: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. general strike: Dictionary.com
  8. General strike, The General Strike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. general strike, the General Strike: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. general strike: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. general strike: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. general strike, the General Strike: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (general strike)

noun:  A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.

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