strike sb down
— phrasal verb with strike /straɪk/ verb (struck, struck)Definition
› If someone is struck down, they die suddenly or start to suffer from a serious illness: It's a tragedy that these young people were struck down in their prime. He was struck down by polio when he was a teenager.Death and dyingBeing and falling ill
(Definition of strike sb down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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