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to shock or surprise utterly." ], "id": "en-poleaxe-en-verb-CiZ7-ydw", "links": [ [ "astonish", "astonish" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figurative) To astonish; to shock or surprise utterly." ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "2 96 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to astonish, to shock", "word": "schockieren" }, { "_dis1": "2 96 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to astonish, to shock", "word": "vor den Kopf stoßen" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "2021 September 25, Zanny Minton Beddoes, “The Mess Merkel leaves behind”, in The Economist", "text": "After a lacklustre campaign that has failed to grapple with Germany’s looming problems, the world should expect post-election coalition talks to last for months, poleaxing European politics while they drag on.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To stymie, thwart, cripple, paralyze." ], "id": "en-poleaxe-en-verb-pyQ2JcI6", "links": [ [ "stymie", "stymie" ], [ "thwart", "thwart" ], [ "cripple", "cripple" ], [ "paralyze", "paralyze" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figurative) To stymie, thwart, cripple, paralyze." ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "transitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "rhymes": "-æks" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "poleax" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pole-axe" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pollaxe" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pollax" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "polax" } ], "word": "poleaxe" }
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to shock or surprise utterly." ], "links": [ [ "astonish", "astonish" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figurative) To astonish; to shock or surprise utterly." ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "transitive" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2021 September 25, Zanny Minton Beddoes, “The Mess Merkel leaves behind”, in The Economist", "text": "After a lacklustre campaign that has failed to grapple with Germany’s looming problems, the world should expect post-election coalition talks to last for months, poleaxing European politics while they drag on.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To stymie, thwart, cripple, paralyze." ], "links": [ [ "stymie", "stymie" ], [ "thwart", "thwart" ], [ "cripple", "cripple" ], [ "paralyze", "paralyze" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figurative) To stymie, thwart, cripple, paralyze." ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "transitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "rhymes": "-æks" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "poleax" }, { "word": "pole-axe" }, { "word": "pollaxe" }, { "word": "pollax" }, { "word": "polax" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎsičam", "sense": "to beat as if with a poleaxe", "word": "съсичам" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to beat as if with a poleaxe", "word": "zusammenschlagen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to astonish, to shock", "word": "schockieren" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to astonish, to shock", "word": "vor den Kopf stoßen" } ], "word": "poleaxe" }
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