dazzle
/ˈdæzəl/ verb C1- To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness. · Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street.· Antidrone lasers can burn or dazzle a drone's sensors.
- To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance. · The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.
- To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
He/she/it dazzles · Past dazzled · Past participle dazzled · -ing form dazzling
Verb forms
- Base form
- dazzle
- He/she/it
- dazzles
- Past
- dazzled
- Past participle
- dazzled
- -ing form
- dazzling
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There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy’s eyes.
The electric lights dazzled her eyes, the perfume and hum bewildered her.
In front of them, and at the end of the road of yellow brick, was a big gate, all studded with emeralds that glittered so in the sun that even the painted eyes of the Scarecrow were dazzled by their brilliancy.
Even with eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City.
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