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stricken a blow

stricken a blow is the past participle of strike a blow.

Meaning of strike a blow

Verb

strike a blow (third-person singular simple present strikes a blow, present participle striking a blow, simple past struck a blow, past participle struck a blow or (rare or archaic) stricken a blow)

  1. (idiomatic) To hit; to successfully land a hit.
    • His opponent danced and dodged so nimbly that he couldn’t strike a blow.
  2. (figuratively) To do something to support or defend (for) or to hinder or harm (at / against) something.
    • The Supreme Court ruling struck a blow for gender equality.

Questions about stricken a blow

What is stricken a blow the past participle of?
Stricken a blow is the past participle of strike a blow.

Words near stricken a blow in the dictionary

  1. striches
  2. strichetti
  3. strick
  4. stricken
  5. stricken a bargain
  6. stricken a blow
  7. stricken a light
  8. stricken a medium
  9. stricken a stroke
  10. stricken back
  11. stricken camp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stricken a blow (page history and authors); strike a blow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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