Stricken

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstɹɪkÉ™n/

Full definition of stricken

Adjective

1. struck by something.
2. disabled or incapacitated by something.
3. removed or rubbed out.
4. (warships) having its name removed from a country's naval register, e.g. the United States Naval Vessel Register.

Verb

1. Past participle of strike
• 1913, w, Lord Stranleigh Abroad Chapter 4, Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.