"strike dumb" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strikes dumb [present, singular, third-person], striking dumb [participle, present], struck dumb [past], struck dumb [participle, past], stricken dumb [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> dumb|past_ptc2=stricken dumb}} strike dumb (third-person singular simple present strikes dumb, present participle striking dumb, simple past struck dumb, past participle struck dumb or stricken dumb)
  1. (transitive) To astonish or confound (a person) into silence. Tags: transitive Synonyms: dumbfound, flabbergast, render speechless Derived forms: dumbstruck
    Sense id: en-strike_dumb-en-verb-pMNLqQYQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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