stunrod
nounEtymology From stun + rod.
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Engineering, Government, Literature, Media, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Publishing, Science fiction, Tools, War, Weaponry A baton that delivers an electric shock upon striking someone or something.
- One of Checker's monitors unbolted a hatch set in the middle of the grate while two more drew stunrods and stood guard.1996, Paul Chafe, Mission Critical: Death of the Phoenix - A Novel, →ISBN, page 92:
- Outside stood two tall men, anonymous in black shock armor, their stunrods loose in their hands.2007, Kristin Landon, The Hidden Worlds, →ISBN, page 147:
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- They sentenced him to the Gate a little while after I moved over there, and, when he figured out I was there as well, he and his little band of delinquent Enforcers used their authority to make my life Hell. Any little thing, and at every petty little turn, if I did something he disapproved of, which was everything, he'd set his stunrod on low and hit me.2016 July 8, Fey Truet, Altered World, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- She saw Ackerman's stunrod before she saw him.2017 September 19, Ryan Graudin, Invictus, →ISBN, unnumbered page: