Struck and Tortured

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Struck adjective - (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming.

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Tortured and struck are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tortured" instead the word "Struck" as an adjective or a verb.

Tortured adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.

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Struck and tortured are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Struck" instead the word "Tortured" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: torture, torturous, torturing, torturer

When Princess Leia is taken on board the Death Star and tortured, he's summoned to tend to her and is struck by the various ways in which she's like that Jedi.

Source: Literature / Death Star
He gets struck by lighting point-blank twice, is tortured, has a building fall on him, and still makes it out rather fine.

Source: Manga / Psyren
In the film Stigmata, Frankie steps into her candlelit bath to relax, only to be suddenly struck with a vision of the last tortured moments of the Messiah, complete with wounds opening in her wrists.

Source: Deadly Bath

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