Usually means: Render speechless by shock, awe.
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▸ verb:  (transitive) To astonish or confound (a person) into silence.

Similar:
dumbfound, astound, amaze, stun, stound, spiflicate, stupify, take aback, dumb, knock back, more...

Opposite:
eloquent, articulate, fluent, expressive, voluble

Types:
awe, awe-struck, dumbstruck, dumbfounded, stunned, stupefied, astounded, more...

Phrases:
to strike dumb, more...

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Similar:
dumbfound, astound, amaze, stun, stound, spiflicate, stupify, take aback, dumb, knock back, more...

Opposite:
eloquent, articulate, fluent, expressive, voluble

Types:
awe, awe-struck, dumbstruck, dumbfounded, stunned, stupefied, astounded, more...

Phrases:
to strike dumb, more...



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