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struck fear

struck fear is the simple past and past participle of strike fear.

Meaning of strike fear

Verb

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

  1. To terrify; to petrify [with into ‘someone’].

Questions about struck fear

What is struck fear the simple past and past participle of?
Struck fear is the simple past and past participle of strike fear.

Words near struck fear in the dictionary

  1. struck at the heart of
  2. struck back
  3. struck camp
  4. struck down
  5. struck dumb
  6. struck fear
  7. struck gold
  8. struck in
  9. struck it lucky
  10. struck it rich
  11. struck juries

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