stricken

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /'strɪkən/

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Verb

Plain form strike

Third-person singular strikes

Past tense struck

Past participle stricken

Present participle striking

1. The past participle of strike.
2. A disease can strike a person. That person is stricken with disease.

   The child was stricken with a serious blood disease.

3. When you strike a part from a document, it is stricken from the document.

   The errors were stricken from the dictionary.

4. When bad luck strikes you, you are stricken with bad luck.

Usage notes

Most of the time the past participle of strike is struck. The exceptions are that you can be stricken with guilt, a misfortune, a wound or a disease; and a part of a document can be stricken out. The rest of the time, use with struck.