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STRIKE DUMB

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Dictionary entry overview: What does strike dumb mean?

• STRIKE DUMB (verb)
The verb STRIKE DUMB has 1 sense:

1. render speechless, as by surprising or shocking

Familiarity information: STRIKE DUMB used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STRIKE DUMB (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Render speechless, as by surprising or shocking

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

we were dumbstruck by the candidate's announcement

Hypernyms (to "strike dumb" is one way to...):

affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

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