Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which dazzles; specifically, one who produces an effect by gaudy or meretricious display.
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- noun one who
dazzles
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Examples
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Just watch the pigskin dazzler (Is that the Stanford band???)
Video: Butler High School pulls off miraculous victory Cindy Boren 2010
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The dazzler is a non-lethal weapon intended to cause temporary blindness or disorientation and therefore fall outside this protocol.
Disturbing? 2010
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A dazzler is a type of a directed-energy weapon employing intense visible light, usually generated by a laser laser dazzler.
Disturbing? 2010
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Another dazzler is a short dress and jacket completely paved in tiny sequins in a colorful flower design on a green background.
Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!) Arnold Scaasi 2004
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This did indeed protect them, in much the same manner as a blind man is immune to 'dazzler' weapons.
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Israel is close to swinging an order to upgrade French-origin Mirage 2000 aircraft with the Delhi, Dec. 11: A palm-sized 'dazzler' pistol that will freeze a human target for 30 seconds, stun grenades stuffed with chilli powder, suffocating
WN.com - Articles related to India 3G auction delayed again 2009
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One "dazzler" is extracurricular activities like website building.
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And the SWORDS itself is being replaced by a new version named after the Roman god of war-the MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System), which carries a more powerful machine gun, 40mm grenade launchers, and, for non-lethal settings, a green laser "dazzler," tear gas, and a loudspeaker, perfect for warning any insurgents that "Resistance is futile."
Latest Articles 2009
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The day had been a dazzler, hot against the skin with scratchy sunlight raking the thick July green.
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Jonathan Monro is a solid foil as Fingers for the brash Leo Ash Evens as Toes, the ladykiller and razzle-dazzler.
Michael Giltz: Theater: New York Musical Festival (NYMF) Roundup Michael Giltz 2010
hernesheir commented on the word dazzler
See Wordnik examples for this word's pairing with "pistol" and "weapons".
December 7, 2010
yarb commented on the word dazzler
But none with "bobby" :(
December 7, 2010
yarb commented on the word dazzler
See bobby-dazzler.
December 7, 2010