Befallen

/bɪˈfɔlən/

Synonyms for "befallen" (8 found)

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Verb(2 words)

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Related words (4)

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descriptive adjectivehappenoccurqualitative descriptortranspire

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Collocations

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adversitybefallen by disasterbefallen by misfortunebefallen by plaguebefallen citizenscalamitycatastrophedisasterfatemisfortunethe befallen city

Inflections

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Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Alas, what ill luck has befallen me!

Source: tatoeba (72119)

A dire tragedy has befallen me.

Source: tatoeba (4123274)

And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying: The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

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Go and gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying: Visiting I have visited you; and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt.

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