struck

American  

[struhk] / strʌk /

verb

1. the simple past tense and a past participle of strike.

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adjective

1. (of a factory, industry, etc.) closed or otherwise affected by a strike of workers.

2. overcome, obsessed, or deeply affected by a specified person, feeling, or thing (used in combination).

   Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that the rider was headless.

   If you know any stagestruck youngsters begging for ballet lessons, these new dance books will get them off on the right foot.

struck British  

/ strʌk /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of strike

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adjective

1. (of an industry, factory, etc) shut down or otherwise affected by a labour strike

Etymology

Origin of struck

First recorded in 1890–95 struck for def. 2

Example Sentences

"In addition, we've struck a deal on medicine pricing that puts patients first and strengthens our life sciences sector, all without taking essential funding from our frontline services."

From BBC

The figure was down nearly 40 percent from a year earlier, in part because no hurricane struck the US mainland for the first time in several years.

From Barron's

The figure was down nearly 40 percent from a year earlier, in part because no hurricane struck the US mainland for the first time in several years.

From Barron's

Dozens of tractors rolled into Paris early Tuesday as French farmers protest against the trade deal the European Union has struck with four South American countries.

From Barron's

The facility was established under open-ended diplomatic agreements struck decades before the 1958 communist revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal

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