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Stupefy meaning
To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun. | To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action. | To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.
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The Stupefy spell is both simple to use and incredibly effective.
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Shihepo Onesmus and Sebastian Angula both faced two counts of housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery while Angula alone faced two additional charges of rape and forcing the complainant to drink alcohol in order to stupefy or overpower her.
It is also known as ‘fish poison’ because the bark and roots were used by Amerindians to stupefy fish to make them easier to catch.
Author John Leland describes an etymology, writing that the term is a modern survival of an English verb—"to dozen"—dating back at least to the fourteenth century and meaning "to stun, stupefy, daze" or "to make insensible, torpid, powerless".