Poleaxe (Verb)
Meaning
Fell with or as if with a poleax.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The comedian's jokes were so bad they poleaxed the audience into stunned silence.
- She poleaxed her opponent with a single punch in the first round.
- The shocking news poleaxed him, leaving him speechless and disoriented.
- The boxer poleaxed his opponent with a crushing blow to the chin.
- A particularly grueling workout poleaxed me, and I spent the rest of the day in bed.