stun

/stʌn/ verb [T] (present participle stunning, past tense and past participle stunned)

Definition

SHOCK › to shock or surprise someone very much: [often passive] Friends and family were stunned by her sudden death.

MAKE UNCONSCIOUS › to make a person or animal unconscious, usually by hitting them on the head

(Definition of stun verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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