strike someone down
phrasal verb with strike verb uk/straɪk/ us/straɪk/ struck | struck
使（某人）猝然死去;使（某人）病倒
If someone is struck down, they die suddenly or start to suffer from a serious illness.
It's a tragedy that these young people were struck down in their prime. 这些年轻人英年早逝真是令人痛心。
He was struck down by polio when he was a teenager. 他十几岁时患上了脊髓灰质炎。