strike fear in English

Forms: strikes fear [present, singular, third-person], striking fear [participle, present], struck fear [past], struck fear [participle, past], stricken fear [archaic, participle, past, rare], strike terror [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,struck,struck:stricken􂀿rare or archaic􂁀>}} 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)

Inflected forms

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"strike fear" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms