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stupefaction

[stoo-puh-fak-shuhn, styoo-] / ˌstu pəˈfæk ʃən, ˌstyu- /


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The glory in “Missa Solemnis” is that of stupefaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

In malignant conflicts, the kind that leave everyone worse off, there is the thing we argue about endlessly, to the point of stupefaction.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

After recovering from his stupefaction, “my first impulse was to counterprotest,” Vindman recalled.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2022

I swam in the freezing loch as my family looked on with some stupefaction.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2021

All were silent and frightened and one or two were close to the stupefaction of terror.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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