stun gun
noun
: a weapon designed to stun or immobilize (as by electric shock) rather than kill or injure the one affected
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Trump’s comments come more than two years after thousands, prompted by the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen, laid siege to the building, many of them carrying firearms, stun guns, flagpoles, bear spray and other weapons.
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Police reports described students who were in significant crises subjected to grave consequences: handcuffed, zapped with a stun gun or detained in a patrol car.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
Officers will start getting outfitted with the new stun gun model this fall.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
That tussle spilled into the main store, where officers tried to use a stun gun on Jackson, police said.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Police reports described students who were in significant crises subjected to grave consequences: handcuffed, zapped with a stun gun or detained in a patrol car.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
Officers will start getting outfitted with the new stun gun model this fall.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
That tussle spilled into the main store, where officers tried to use a stun gun on Jackson, police said.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Stun gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun%20gun. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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