Meaning & use
Poleaxed
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Completely stunned, overwhelmed, or knocked down, as if struck by a poleaxe.
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She looked poleaxed when she heard the news of the merger.
The boxer was poleaxed by a single punch in the third round.
A note on using this word
A poleaxe was originally a long-handled axe used to fell livestock, giving the word its sense of a single, devastating blow.
Words with a similar meaning
stunnedflattened
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