Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Struck or wounded, as by a projectile.
  • adjective Affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or painful emotion.
  • adjective Incapacitated; disabled.
  • adjective Having the contents made even with the top of a measuring device or container; level.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Struck; smitten: as, the stricken deer.
  • Advanced; far gone.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • past participle Struck; smitten; wounded.
  • past participle Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
  • past participle Scot. Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective struck by something.
  • adjective disabled or incapacitated by something.
  • adjective removed or rubbed out.
  • adjective having its name removed from a country's naval register, e.g. the United States Naval Vessel Register.
  • verb Past participle of strike

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
  • adjective grievously affected especially by disease
  • adjective put out of action (by illness)

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Examples

  • A moment later they began to play the ethereal string tremolo that introduces "The Blue Danube," and as that first familiar phrase rose on the French horn, people rose to their feet in stricken silence.

    The Birth of Johann Strauss Jr.'s The Blue Danube The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

  • A moment later they began to play the ethereal string tremolo that introduces "The Blue Danube," and as that first familiar phrase rose on the French horn, people rose to their feet in stricken silence.

    The Birth of Johann Strauss Jr.'s The Blue Danube Melinda Brocka 2010

  • Beer is always an excellent choice at a reasonable cost, although Bud Lite, Coors Lite and Millers Lite must be stricken from the grocery list.

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  • A moment later they began to play the ethereal string tremolo that introduces "The Blue Danube," and as that first familiar phrase rose on the French horn, people rose to their feet in stricken silence.

    The Birth of Johann Strauss Jr.'s The Blue Danube The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Philadelphia, 13 February 1969, where she remained until 1 June 1973 when she was stricken from the Navy list.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • There is a word I think that has been stricken from the conservative vocabulary.

    WH spokesperson on new health care reform developments 2009

  • Has freedom of speech been stricken from the constitution?

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  • A moment later they began to play the ethereal string tremolo that introduces "The Blue Danube," and as that first familiar phrase rose on the French horn, people rose to their feet in stricken silence.

    The Waltz That Defines Vienna Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2010

  • That answer was stricken from the record by the judge, Gerald I. Fisher, apparently because Arevalos had been in jail and did not have direct knowledge of what happened to the items.

    Guandique's roommate testifies Washington Post editors 2010

  • It's not that the Offertory proper has been stricken from the Mass.

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  • Grievously affected by something overwhelming

    Ex: stricken poverty

    November 20, 2007