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Meanings of stricken in English

Grievously affected especially by disease.

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(Used in combination) affected by something overwhelming.

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Examples for "afflicted"
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Results revealed 2 common mutations in afflicted family members; PDGFRA and HRAS.
Pubmed
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The authorities have launched an education campaign in afflicted areas, he said.
Reuters
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And we are to make use of it in comforting the afflicted.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
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The fungus has been recovered sparsely despite plentiful availability of afflicted animals.
Pubmed
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But the sensation that afflicted her now was of a different order.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
1
Me and Henry laid low until the day the steamer came back.
Cabbages and Kings
2
But then, less than a year later, Memo had been laid low.
Summer of Night
3
Sale Sharks star Cueto, meanwhile, is laid low by a calf-muscle problem.
The Irish Times
4
Motley records that on that day far-gone Holland laid low the Spaniard.
Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
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By Desmond swept with sword and fire-byclan and keep laid low-
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
Usage of stricken in English
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Due to severe conditions, many North Korean children are stricken with it.
Somewhere inside
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Water levels are on the rise once more in the drought-stricken region.
The South African
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It is Chicago's South Side, where some neighborhoods are stricken with violence.
Reuters
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Soon the city was stricken by Britain's last great outbreak of plague.
The Guardian
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What we are noticing is that these stricken families need to talk.
Reuters
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He said the rain would bring some relief to drought-stricken regional towns.
Radio NZ
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Also Read: Watch: Joburg Ballet performs rain dance for drought-stricken Western Cape
The South African
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It had already been seven minutes since the first plane was stricken.
Wild Storm
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The awe of the magician became the stricken panic of the woman.
The Thing from the Lake
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The stricken woman drew herself up and looked Fleda in the eyes.
The World for Sale, Volume 2.
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Uncle Ben was too serious today, too worried about his stricken workers.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
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When I saw that he was serious, I was stricken with fear.
Nefertiti
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The Cape Town weather forecast is looking spectacular for the drought-stricken region.
The South African
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Since then her assignments have included covering earthquake-stricken Nepal, and people trafficking.
Radio NZ
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The travelers appeared stricken by the silence and solitude of the place.
The Last Trail
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Are some of the natural resources of this dilapidated and poverty-stricken country.
The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign / Why It Exists, and How I...
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