Strike
Strike verb - To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands.
Warn
Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Obi Wan is polite enough to warn Vader that "if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine" before setting Vader up to do just that.
Source: Xanatos Gambit -
Stonehenge was also calibrated to come into alignment with certain celestial bodies just in time to warn future generations that the cometary strike was imminent.
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In Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile, the eponymous Card-Carrying Villain is a Child Eater (well, he wants to be one, but he never succeeds, mostly because the other jungle animals are friendlier and warn the kids before he can strike).
Source: Never Smile at a Crocodile
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