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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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stun gun1
Example Sentences
Capitol and its peace officers — one of whom attacked a policeman by plunging a stun gun multiple times into his neck.
It said stun guns should be made available to officers working in the UK's most dangerous jails.
Pitzettu pleaded guilty to obtaining an illegal stun gun at a previous hearing.
Benson said he got out of the car with pepper spray and his husband got out with a stun gun.
Following calls for urgent action to keep prison staff safer, Mahmood confirmed HM Prison and Probation service would begin a trial on the use of electric stun guns.
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