"strike fear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strikes fear [present, singular, third-person], striking fear [participle, present], struck fear [past], struck fear [participle, past], stricken fear [archaic, participle, past], strike terror [alternative]
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  1. To terrify; to petrify [with into ‘someone’].
    Sense id: en-strike_fear-en-verb-4~eYi9ZL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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