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View definitions for stricken

stricken

adjective as in hurt

Strongest match

Weak matches

adjective as in removed

Strongest match

adjective as in overwhelmed

adjective as in afflicted

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Her three children were born at Glenn Medical, and Wampler herself was a patient there for two months last year, when she was stricken with pneumonia and internal bleeding.

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China had only recently resumed purchasing marine products from Japan following an earlier ban imposed after the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant began releasing treated wastewater in 2023.

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At her stricken face, he changed his tone.

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An analysis by Barclays says that Thames' customer bills could be nearly 20% higher in five years' time if a rescue plan proposed by lenders to the stricken utility is approved.

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Necessities of all kinds were also in short supply near the stricken coast.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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