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poleaxed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
poleaxed
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ His face assumed the poleaxed expression I have grown used to recently.
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poleaxed

vb. (en-past of: poleaxe)

Usage examples of "poleaxed".

On the other side of the spectrum were those who suffered relatively minor wounds and went down as if they had been poleaxed, then screamed unceasingly until they reached the hospital and were given enough drugs to quiet them.

Margot smiled in return, a rather weak effort, then turned back to Faith with a poleaxed expression on her face.

Valda had heard it named the Battle of Jeramel, but only by some of the bare handful of Amadician nobles who escaped, dazed as poleaxed steers yet still trying mechanically to put the best face on events.

Excruciating pain in my leg felled me like a poleaxed beast as I landed and lost my footing.

Now the desert woman was not much of a swordswoman, true, and she talked too much for Oman's taste, but apparently the throwing of rocks could be numbered among her skills: the large stone smacked into the head of one of the pikemen, felling him like a poleaxed pig.