打うちひしがれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be crushed; be stricken; be devastated

Describes a state of being emotionally or mentally overwhelmed by grief, shock, disaster, or hardship. Often used in literary or dramatic contexts.

• 彼かれは突とつ然ぜんの訃ふ報ほうに打うちひしがれた。

  He was crushed by the sudden news of the death.

• 震しん災さいの被ひ害がいに打うちひしがれた人ひと々びとを支し援えんする。

  We support people who have been devastated by the earthquake disaster.