Vocabulary

Form

to be hit (by a typhoon, earthquake, etc.); to be struck (by); to suffer (a calamity); to meet (with misfortune)

verb vi

Example sentences

We have been visited by a nation-wide economic boom.

This year the region has been hit by a severe drought.

Tokyo is subject to typhoons in summer.

Besides the rain, we experienced heavy winds.

Alas, what ill luck has befallen me!

Those who came on the following day were in danger.