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• v  make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• v  hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
• v  overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
• s  commanding attention
  a stunning performance
• s  causing great astonishment and consternation
  the strike came as a stunning protest against management
  a stunning defeat
• s  causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
  laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow
  a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
• s  strikingly beautiful or attractive
  quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure
  stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas

• Sophisticated artists were at work 30,000 years ago when these images were made, and their stunning creations still speak to us toda.
• The unlikeliest literary success story of 2006 is this stunning memoir about a girl growing up in small-town Pennsylvania with her cryptic, perfectionist father and slowly .
• See stunning pictures of today's events.

• stun
• stupefy
• sandbag
• bedaze
• daze
• arresting
• sensational

News & Articles

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• NBA Playoffs 2013: Most Stunning Statistics from Spurs-Heat Series
  The 2013 NBA Finals have presented the basketball community with no shortage of thrills, as the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs have put on a magnificent display of basketball ability. With three games in the books, the Spurs own a 2-1 lead, but that's not the only number that matters. The question is, what are the most stunning statistics from the Spurs vs. Heat series? Certain numbers are out ...
  June 14, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Is an Overconfident BOJ to Blame for Market Woes?
  Since stunning the markets with unprecedented monetary easing in April, the Bank of Japan has taken a back seat, failing to offer solace to investors that have been rattled by violent swings in the country's bond and equity markets.
  June 14, 2013 - CNBC
• Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng Are Splitting Up
  In a stunning bit of matrimony news, News Corp. overlord Rupert Murduch has filed for divorce from his pie bodyguard/third wife, Wendi Deng. Deadline Hollywood got the scoop that divorce papers were filed this morning in New York State. 
  June 13, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• David Petraeus in The Associated Press
  There is stunning potential here,the newspaper quoted Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command as saying. "There are a lot of ifs, of course, but I think potentially it is hugely significant."
• Oliver Stone in guardian.co.uk
  It includes his belief that God personally chose him to be president of the United States, and his coming into his own with the stunning, preemptive attack on Iraq,Stone added.
• Steve Jobs in Telegraph.co.uk
  Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs said: "iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend. It took 74 days to sell the first 1 million original iPhones, so the iPhone 3G is off to a great start."