strike down (someone) with illness

Translations
сразить (кого-то) болезнью
The flu struck down many people in the community.
Грипп сразил многих людей в сообществе.
Definitions
To cause someone to suddenly become very ill or incapacitated, often in a severe or unexpected way.
Words
strike

verb
поразить
down

adverb
сразить
someone

pronoun
кого-либо
with

preposition
с
illness

noun
болезнь