on stun

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Prepositional phrase

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on stun

  1. (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.[1]
  2. (idiomatic, informal) (usually after a plural noun), to a degree that is stunning.

References

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  1. ^ Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “phaser, n.”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 145.