hard-hit
Suffering severe impact
Hard-hit describes something severely affected by damaging circumstances.
A hard-hit community has suffered significant harm from disaster, economic decline, or other adversity.
In sports, hard-hit describes a ball struck with force: a hard-hit grounder to short.
The term emphasizes impact—whether literal or figurative.
Seriously affected by adversity
- batteredDamaged by repeated blows
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- beleagueredPersistently harassed or troubled
devastated · ravaged · reeling · suffering · impacted · affected · damaged · hurting
Past tense of hitting
- slammedClosed with violent force
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- wallopedStruck very hard
- poundedStruck hard, repeatedly
battered · crushed · collision · blow · force · shock · contact · crash
stricken
Seriously affected by adversity
- batteredDamaged by repeated blows
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
beleaguered · devastated · ravaged · reeling · suffering · impacted · affected · damaged · hurting · wounded
struck
Past tense of hitting
pounded · battered · crushed · collision · blow · force · shock · contact · crash · slugged
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
flood · wildfire · cyclone · typhoon · landslide · drought · blizzard · eruption · devastation · destruction
liner
Inner protective covering
triple · drive · shot · blast · smash · rocket · rope · screamer · bullet · frozen
hard-hitunscathed
Suffering no injury
spared · unaffected · untouched · unharmed · undamaged
hard-hitfortunate
Enjoying favorable circumstances
lucky · blessed · thriving · flourishing · prospering
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