adj. 25B6; adjective
the prostrate figure on the ground : PRONE, lying flat, lying down, stretched out, spreadeagled, sprawling, horizontal, recumbent; rare procumbent.
his wife was prostrate with shock : OVERWHELMED, overcome, overpowered, brought to one's knees, stunned, dazed; speechless, helpless; informal knocked/hit for six.
the fever left me prostrate : WORN OUT, exhausted, fatigued, tired out, sapped, dog-tired, spent, drained, debilitated, enervated, laid low; informal all in, done in, dead, dead beat, dead on one's feet, ready to drop, fagged out, bushed, frazzled, worn to a frazzle; Brit. informal whacked, knackered; N. Amer. informal pooped.
upright, fresh.
25B6; verb she was prostrated by the tragedy : OVERWHELM, overcome, overpower, bring to one's knees, devastate, debilitate, weaken, enfeeble, enervate, lay low, wear out, exhaust, tire out, drain, sap, wash out, take it out of; informal knacker, frazzle, do in; N. Amer. informal poop.
25A0; prostrate oneself THROW ONESELF FLAT/DOWN, lie down, stretch oneself out, throw oneself at someone's feet; dated measure one's length.