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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By the time an officer deployed the stun gun, a crowd surrounded the scene, many recording with phones. —

Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 Sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested after an altercation with South Florida police that ended with the two-time Olympic medalist hit with a stun gun, officials said Friday. —

David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025 At one point, the officers step back, and the one who delivered several punches to Kerley then shot him with a stun gun, causing Kerley to collapse. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025 During the physical struggle, Schurr had attempted twice to deploy his stun gun on Lyoya but missed both times, footage shows. —

Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stun gun