Verb The angry criticism stunned them. His old friends were stunned at his success. She sat in stunned disbelief. There was a stunned expression on her face. weapons that can stun people temporarily
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The tiny-but-mighty pistol shrimp can snap its claws with sufficient force to produce a shock wave to stun its prey. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022 La Costa Canyon got a dramatic game-tying HR in the top of the seventh inning, then scored seven runs in the top of the eighth to stun top-seeded Granite Hills and win the San Diego Section Open Division championship. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 Beginning with a one-dribble, pull-up jumper in the face of Eli Brooks, the Wolverines’ best perimeter defender, Plummer splashed four 3s in less than six minutes to stun an energetic crowd. Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2022 Led by Duff, the Lobos hit 8 of 12 from three-point range to stun the Beavers’ defense and take a 30-16 lead.oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2022 Arizona State basketball head coach Charli Turner Thorne announces retirement following 25 seasons Arizona Coyotes hold on to stun NHL-best Colorado Avalanche Photos: ASU basketball vs. Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022 On Monday, Davis scored 37 points, which was really just the tip of the iceberg in a monumental performance that helped the Wisconsin Badgers stun No. 3 Purdue, 74-69, in West Lafayette, Indiana. Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2022 What the bombs spare often sops up cyanide, which local fishers squirt into the nooks and crannies of reefs to stun small fish and sell them in the aquarium trade. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2021 Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-ending grand slam off major league saves leader Josh Hader for San Francisco’s third homer of the ninth inning, and the Giants rallied from a three-run deficit to stun the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Friday night. Michael Wagaman, ajc, 16 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English stonen, stunen, from Anglo-French estoner — more at astonish