Tasern.
/ˈteɪzə/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A proprietary name for: a weapon which fires barbs attached by wires to batteries, and causes temporary paralysis.Developed by Taser Systems Inc., Los Angeles.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > stun gun
stun gun1971
Taser1972
1972 Science 12 May 615/2 A taser is an instrument that fires a cluster of electrified barbs which become snagged in the victim's clothing and paralyze him until the current is switched off.
1973 Guardian 16 Apr. 11 A pan-lethal weapon called the Taser, developed by a California manufacturer... Two electrical wires lash out... The suspect stiffens from shock. His muscles are paralysed.
1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 Oct. 10/1 The Taser Public Defender, as it's called, can penetrate nearly two inches of clothing and give up to a 50,000-volt charge. Taser Systems Inc. of Los Angeles, the manufacturer, says it is not lethal but is designed to stop attackers in their tracks.
1977 Observer 21 Aug. 2/7 There was the taser that fired barbs attached to wires into demonstrators to paralyse them with electric shocks.
Derivatives
ˈTasered adj. paralysed by means of a Taser.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > other injuries
crippid1382
brokena1400
bobbed1573
winged1789
self-inflicted1885
vaccine-damaged1973
Tasered1976
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > palsy or paralysis > types of
paraplectic1661
hemiplegiac1802
hemiplegic1822
paraplegic1822
hemiplegian1842
athetoid1875
apraxic1892
monoplegic1896
quadriplegic1897
athetotic1898
spastic1903
tetraplegic1911
quadriparetic1956
cerebral-palsied1961
Tasered1976
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [adjective] > shot by Taser
Tasered1976
1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Jan. 13 A powerful transformer within the Taser generates 50,000 volts when a trigger is pressed. This jolt, sent through the wires into the darts, which have been shot into the skin or clothing of the victim, cause him to become ‘Tasered’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
Taserv.
/ˈteɪzə/, U.S. /ˈteɪzər/ Originally U.S.
transitive. To use a Taser on (a person); to subdue or incapacitate using a Taser.
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1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Jan. 31/3 When an attacker has been ‘Tasered’, the muscles in his body involuntarily contract; he is virtually helpless and may experience pain.
1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 325 High on PCP and breakdancing in the street, [they] tasered him four times and he died.
2002 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 21 July 21 City cops couldn't say last night if tasering a woman allegedly resisting arrest yesterday was justified, but a couple who saw the incident believe excessive force was used.
2007 Metro 19 Sept. (London ed.) 11/2 A student was Tasered after asking too many questions at a university forum with US Senator John Kerry.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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