1.
Stricken is the past participle of some meanings of strike .
2.
If a person or place is ~ by something such as an unpleasant feeling, an illness, or a natural disaster, they are severely affected by it.
...a family ~ by genetically inherited cancer...
Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the ~ areas.
ADJ: oft ADJ by/with n
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Stricken is also a combining form.
He was panic-~ at the thought he might never play again.
...drought-~ areas.
COMB in ADJ