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overcome

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daze

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Synonyms for stun

to dull the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue

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to render helpless, as by emotion

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Synonyms for stun

make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

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hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

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overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

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Mr Davis said that in interview, father-of-six Kavanagh told officers he had taken the stun gun "off one of the kids when they were messing about with it and had thrown it on top of kitchen units".
10,000-volt stun gun disguised as torch found in house raid, court told
"It made a crackling sound and the officer could see the blue electrical arc and the prongs of the stun gun
Man jailed after firing stun gun at police officers; defendant was tasered after ignoring warnings
In stun gun incidents involving Hispanics, 27 percent were shocked twice, compared with 18 percent of whites and 15 percent of blacks.
Report: US Police More Likely to Use Stun Guns on Minorities
Wallace, executive director of the Gun Owners' Action League of Massachusetts, insists stun guns should be eligible for Second Amendment protection.
Stun gun ruling threat; Lobbyist vows to challenge it
The aim of this study was to compare meat quality attributes in cattle subjected to different mechanical stunning methods--high power non-penetrating mechanical stun (HPNP), low power non-penetrating stun (LPNP), penetrative mechanical stunning (P) and slaughter followed by penetrative mechanical stun (US) in cattle.
Quality assessment of longissimus and semitendinosus muscles from beef cattle subjected to non-penetrative and penetrative percussive stunning methods
KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Senior Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi al-Mudaressi's hawzah (seminary) came under a stun bomb attack on Monday but left no casualties, a source close to the cleric in Karbala said.
Stun bomb attack targets senior cleric's HQ
Dubai Police have warned against the irresponsible use of electro-shock stun guns -- used in self-defence -- which can be extremely dangerous for heart patients and may even cause death in some cases.
Police warn public against reckless use of stun guns
Summary: CAIRO- Trade in stun guns has risen in Cairo as the lack of security has reached high levels.
China-made guns stun Cairo's streets
A 13-year-old boy was arrested after taking a stun gun into school and attacking his fellow pupils.
Stun gun boy zapped fellow pupils at school
JEDDAH: Stun guns and pepper sprays are fast becoming a popular accessory among the youth, especially girls.
Authorities looking for shops selling stun guns
A WREXHAM man who stashed a stun gun in his washbag yesterday escaped spending NewYear in jail.
No jail for man with gun in bag; 21-yr-old bought weapon abroad
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has authority to approve air carrier requests to deploy less-than-lethal weapons, including electric stun devices, onboard commercial aircraft to thwart an attack.
Aviation Security: Further Study of Safety and Effectiveness and Better Management Controls Needed If Air Carriers Resume Interest in Deploying Less-than-Lethal Weapons
in a bathroom, 25-year-old Stephen Hall used a stun gun to attack an unidentified woman carrying her two-year-old grandchild.
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