affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4
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| strike |
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sample sentences
"We were hit by really bad weather""He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"
"The earthquake struck at midnight"
verb frames
Something ----sSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
The wind storms %s the area with dust and dirt
verb frames
Something ----sSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
verb group