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Vinony

stunner

noun

  1. weapon that causes paralysis. Traditional item of science fiction terminology
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English stun Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English stunner From stun + -er.

  1. Anything that is stunning.
  2. Anything that is stunning.

    “She's a runner, rebel and a stunner / On her merry way sayin', "Baby, what you gonna—?"”

  3. A professional wrestling maneuver in which an attacking wrestler applies a facelock to an opponent and falls to a seated position, forcing the opponent's jaw or neck to drop on the attacker's shoulder.
  4. A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.

    “March holstered his pistol, reached into his coat, and drew out his own neural stunner, shifting the weapon to his right hand.”

  5. A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.