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stun

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stun/stʌn/

▶verb (stuns, stunning, stunned)

1 knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

2 astonish or shock (someone) so that they are temporarily unable to react.

– origin ME: shortening of OFr. estoner ‘astonish’.

'stun' also found in these Oxford entries:

astonish - phaser - stun gun

Forum discussions with the word(s) "stun" in the title:

stun vs. shock: Mary Byrne 'stuns' the judges
the sound alternately to shimmer and stun

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