stun gun

noun

a battery-powered, handheld weapon that fires an electric charge when held against a person and activated by a trigger or button, used, especially by police, to immobilize a person briefly and without injury.
any of various handheld weapons that shoot small pellet-filled bags, tranquilizer darts, darts attached to electric wires, or the like to immobilize a person or animal briefly and without injury.

stun gun

noun

a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stun gun¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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Benson said he got out of the car with pepper spray and his husband got out with a stun gun.

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Following calls for urgent action to keep prison staff safer, Mahmood confirmed HM Prison and Probation service would begin a trial on the use of electric stun guns.

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Prison officers are to demand that staff be given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the UK's most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary on Wednesday.

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"The oppression units would bring dogs, sticks and stun guns, they would electrocute and beat us," he said.

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He was also found not guilty of breaching firearms legislation by having a stun gun in his possession.

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stun grenade stunk

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