on stun

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on stun

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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction An intensity setting of the fictional phaser energy weapon, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69), which non-lethally stuns its target.

  • Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun."1966 September 8, George Clayton Johnson, The Man Trap (Star Trek), season 1, episode 1:
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Idiomatic, Informal (usually after a plural noun), to a degree that is stunning.

  • It's all happening at once, right? All news streams on stun. Everything happening at the same time.2020 September 28, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow (actor):

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