Beat
Beat verb - To throw into a state of mental uncertainty.
Usage example: it beats me how that slipup happened
Stun
Stun verb - To make senseless or dizzy by a blow.
Usage example: a powerful uppercut to the jaw stunned the boxer and sent him crashing to the canvas
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The first Mobile Suit Gundam gives us the Gouf, a slow, somewhat plodding fighter with a short sword and a weak machine gun...that has armor for days and uses its Heat Rod to stun and beat down entire crowds of mobile suits.
Source: Lethal Joke Character - Stun status renders you unable to move, heal, or in fact do anything but stand there and let it and its pals beat on you without fear of reprisal.
- It's very easy to surround a target with dudes who stun it and then beat it to death.
Source: Video Game / Odium
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