Dying and Stricken

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Dying adjective - Nearly dead.

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Stricken and dying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stricken" instead an adjective "Dying".

Stricken adjective - Grievously affected especially by disease.

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Dying and stricken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dying" instead an adjective "Stricken".

It's a striking contrast to a later scene in which Ned gently bathes and cleans up after an obviously AIDS-stricken and dying Felix, which — while equally tender — is not in the least erotic.

Source: Theatre / The Normal Heart
He's looking for his estranged son, whom his cancer-stricken wife wants to see again before dying.

Source: Film / Luxury Car
In Straight Silver, Raglon is deeply guilt-stricken when his first mission as a sergeant results in half his troopers dying.

Source: A Father To His Men / Literature

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