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ereilen (v.t.)
   to meet/suffer (a fate); befall, overtake

Am Mittwochabend hat rund 300 ICE-Fahrgäste auf dem Weg von Berlin nach Hannover ein ähnliches Schicksal ereilt.
Wednesday evening about 300 ICE [high-speed train] passengers on the way from Berlin to Hanover suffered a similar fate. [a stalled train with a long delay in winter]
Der Tod ereilte ihn.
He died suddenly. (Death overtook him.)

Related Words:
von etw ereilt werden to be struck down by sth

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