stun

Stun is to stop or confuse with a sharp blow or a loud noise, or to shock someone.

(verb)

Make the crowd unable to move after the explosion is an example of stun.
The couple announcing to the parents that they'd eloped is an example of stun; to stun the parents.

See stun in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb stunned, stunning

Origin: ME stonien < OFr estoner, to stun: see astonish

noun

the effect or condition of being stunned

See stun in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb stunned stunned, stun·ning, stuns

To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow.
To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise.
To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound. See Synonyms at daze.

noun

A blow or shock that stupefies.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English stonen

Origin: , Old French estoner

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *extonāre

Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-

Origin: + Latin tonāre, to thunder; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots

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