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stun gun
noun
- a battery-powered, handheld weapon that fires an electric charge when held against a person and activated by a trigger or button, used, especially by police, to immobilize a person briefly and without injury.
- any of various handheld weapons that shoot small pellet-filled bags, tranquilizer darts, darts attached to electric wires, or the like to immobilize a person or animal briefly and without injury.
stun gun
noun
- a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury
Word History and Origins
Origin of stun gun1
Example Sentences
Pressure mounting, the town announced on Sunday that it had fired Officer Joe Gutierrez, who was seen in the video screaming that Nazario was “fixin’ to ride the lightning,” a slang term that can refer to a stun gun or execution.
Prosecutors have alleged that Erik Munchel of Nashville stashed weapons in a tactical bag outside the Capitol before bringing a stun gun inside.
The driver of a vehicle pursued by police into the District from Virginia on Tuesday night died after he jumped off a highway overpass and was subdued by a federal officer who deployed a stun gun, according to law enforcement authorities.
In photos of Barnett sitting in a chair in Pelosi’s office, a stun gun appeared to be clipped to his waist.
House managers zoomed in on a widely circulated photo of a man sitting in a chair in Pelosi’s office to reveal that he was wearing a stun gun on his belt.
They acquired the tools to accomplish the deed, including a stun gun and the chemical means to anesthetize their victims.
A second officer attempted to “stun gun” him on the thigh but failed to make contact, the report says.
When the man attempted to bite an officer, the latter used the stun gun and was surprised when the man briefly ignited.
Ramsey investigators said the marks could have been made by a jolt from a certain kind of stun gun.
The Garridos paralyzed her with a stun gun, forced her into their car, and sped off, hiding her under a blanket.
It was impossible to align the sights of his stun gun with any of those flitting shadows, Raf discovered.
Once more the party was alert, ready for trouble, and taking his cue from them, he kept his stun gun in his hand.
For the first time Raf noticed that his human companion now held one of the knives of the merpeople, and he drew his stun gun.
Knock him out with a stun gun and then pump him full of comatol.
His gun wavered, and Houston fired quickly with his stun gun.
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