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astonishment

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/əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/ English

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noun

  1. The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.“The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.”
  2. Something very surprising.
  3. Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
  4. Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.

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