stun
/stʌn/ verb B1- To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness. · Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.· In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- To shock or surprise. · The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegations on the front page of a newspaper.· He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
- To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
- To enter a stunned state. · The monsters stun when you jump on them.
- To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.
He/she/it stuns · Past stunned · Past participle stunned · -ing form stunning
Verb forms
- Base form
- stun
- He/she/it
- stuns
- Past
- stunned
- Past participle
- stunned
- -ing form
- stunning
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“Grief has stunned him,” replied d’Avrigny; and they both returned thoughtfully to the procureur’s study.
“See, I have not slept,” said Villefort, showing his undisturbed bed; “grief does not stun me.
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.
In this passage he proposed to drive a level as they do in mines; this level would bring the two prisoners immediately beneath the gallery where the sentry kept watch; once there, a large excavation would be made, and one of the flag-stones with which the gallery was paved be so completely loosened that at the desired moment it would give way beneath the feet of the soldier, who, stunned by his fall, would be immediately bound and gagged by Dantès before he had power to offer any resistance.
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