stun gun
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stun gun
n.
A weapon designed to stun or temporarily immobilize a victim, especially by delivering a high-voltage electric shock.
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stun gun
n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury
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stun′ gun`
n.
a hand-held weapon that releases an electric charge or a tranquilizer dart to immobilize a person or animal.
[1965–70]
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| Noun | 1. |  stun gun - a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shockweapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
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stun gun
n → Elektroschocker m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stun gun
n pistola or arma paralizante, paralizador mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.