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stunning

noun C2
  1. The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.

Plural stunnings

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The change that had come over Villefort during the examination, the destruction of the letter, the exacted promise, the almost supplicating tones of the magistrate, who seemed rather to implore mercy than to pronounce punishment,—all returned with a stunning force to his memory.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 169 · C1
“That was a stunning girl,” he said to himself.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 32 · C1
The effect of the present revelation was stunning; he trembled and was on the verge of apoplexy.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 478 · C1
We stood on the wooden viewing platform, completely mesmerized by the stunning natural beauty.
Through the Canadian Rockies, p. 1 · B2

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