Affect and Stun

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Stun and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stun" instead a verb "Affect".

Stun

Stun verb - To make senseless or dizzy by a blow.
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Synonyms for Stun

Affect and stun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Stun".

Common collocations

person affect person stun person
party affect party stun party
character affect character stun character
life affect life stun life
Other words: people, someone, area, range, speed, world, target, anyone, player, humans, units, enemies, creatures, abilities, zombies, animals.

Both words in one sentence

  • Transformation Is a Free Action Subverted in the original Dragon Ball Z: Budokai trilogy, where transforming is not only instantaneous but has a stun/guard break affect when used near by an opponent.
  • Friendly Fireproof Stun grenades do not affect allies at all.
  • Video Game / Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time Stunion stuns all zombies on its square plus the one in front and also affects airborne and Frostbite Caves zombies, while Iceberg Lettuce can only stun one zombie on its square and cannot affect airborne zombies while only slowing Frostbite Caves zombies.
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