struck
Americanverb
adjective
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(of a factory, industry, etc.) closed or otherwise affected by a strike of workers.
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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.
verb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of struck
First recorded in 1890–95 struck for def. 2
Example Sentences
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UK Maritime Trade Operations said four tankers were struck in the waterway on October 11, which Bloomberg said was around double the average the agency had seen the week before.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
That is more than the number of vessels struck in all of September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
For the record, the mortgage loan officer in question struck me as alarmist and at times judgmental.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
She was later released from her contract and struck out as an independent artist.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Clare hunched farther over the kindling and struck the monocle again and again, looking back and forth from the unlit tinder to the spirit floating above him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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