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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
poleaxe .
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Examples
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One writer on the Daily Kos site, for instance, worried that any progressive candidate who might supplant Bean in the primary (let alone challenge her in the general election) would get "poleaxed" - lovely word - by the Republican.
The Nader Effect 2006
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Whem my 250 speer handload from a 350 rem mag hit he went down like he was poleaxed with a broken neck.
What is best location to place a shot on a moose? Do more people go for drop shots or lung shots? 2009
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My elation over my first publishing deal was quickly poleaxed when he added that they didn't want to come out with Sideways as a hardcover, only a trade paperback.
Rex Pickett: The 'Sideways' Publishing Saga -- The St. Martin's Press Nightmare (Part I) Rex Pickett 2012
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Kurtzhau was pretty poleaxed by Hattin in Welch's "Knight Crusader", so I want to go carefully.
zornhau: My Eagle of the Ninth zornhau 2010
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My elation over my first publishing deal was quickly poleaxed when he added that they didn't want to come out with Sideways as a hardcover, only a trade paperback.
Rex Pickett: The 'Sideways' Publishing Saga -- The St. Martin's Press Nightmare (Part I) Rex Pickett 2012
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Alienated from the start, Kinnear then shows a man shocked and poleaxed by the news of his father's murder.
Hamlet - review Michael Billington 2010
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Forced to race further back than usual having been sandwiched leaving the stalls, my bet was nevertheless just about to get involved when once again poleaxed on the inside rail as the field fanned out entering what passes for a home straight.
Bank on Red Cadeaux to avoid trouble in running and lift Chester Cup | Will Hayler 2011
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Whem my 250 speer handload from a 350 rem mag hit he went down like he was poleaxed with a broken neck.
What is best location to place a shot on a moose? Do more people go for drop shots or lung shots? 2009
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First seen at dinner with wife Emily Julianne Moore, he is poleaxed when she tells him that she's slept with someone else and that she wants a divorce.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love Marshall Fine 2011
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And I'll wager that every summer a few of them keel over in our withering heat like poleaxed cattle.
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