† planet-strikev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To strike as a malignant influence; to blast.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > have befallen as a misfortune to [verb (transitive)] > bring disaster upon
doa1375
pluckc1475
ruin1558
tragedize1593
disaster1596
planet-strike1600
to bring to grief1850
to do in1905
to wreak havoc1926
1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. D4v If your wits be not planet strucken, if your braines lie in their right place.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 881/1 Some..who thought they might presume best of her fauor, haue bene so suddenly daunted and Planet-stricken, that they could not lay downe their griefe thereof but in their graues.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Occas. Verses (1665) 56 Let timely Kisses call to life again, Him whom thy eyes have Planet-strucken dead.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Assideráre, to Planet-strike, to blast as trees doe through great heat and drought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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