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stupefy verb [ ˈstjuːpɪfʌɪ ]

• make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.
• "the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her"
Similar: stun, daze, befuddle, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out, benumb, numb, drug, sedate, anaesthetize, give anaesthetic to, tranquillize, narcotize, intoxicate, inebriate, render unconscious, dope,
Origin: late Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere ‘be struck senseless’.


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